@article{2018:bryde:50_years_o,
title = {50 years of “VRÜ / Law and Politics in Asia, Africa and Latin America”: History and Challenges},
year = {2018},
note = {This conference celebrates 50 years of our journal “Verfassung und
Recht in Übersee”. “Verfassung und Recht in Übersee“,
literally “constitution and law overseas”, was founded in 1968. In
1974, acknowledging the fact that from the outset it was addressed
towards an international audience it got an English subtitle: “A
Quarterly on law and modernization”. In 1984, to avoid all complex
theoretical discussions about concepts like modernization,
development, developing areas, third world etc. the subtitle was
changed to “Law and Politics in Africa, Asia and Latin America”.
These changes provide the first hints about the story I will tell. The
birth of the journal within the framework of traditional German
comparative law and state theory, the decision to link up with the
international law and development community, and in the end the more
modest claim to be an interdisciplinary journal that focusses on
geographical areas neglected in German scholarship.},
journal = {VRÜ Verfassung und Recht in Übersee},
pages = {3--11},
author = {Bryde, Brun-Otto},
volume = {51},
number = {1}
}