Global Dissertation Prize

The Global Dissertation Prize recognizes the best dissertation from the previous calendar year on topics centered outside the United States. This prize is awarded by the American Society for Legal History to honor outstanding doctoral research in global legal history. Eligible dissertations must be written in English and submitted for a PhD, JSD, or equivalent doctoral degree (excluding the JD) awarded in the previous calendar year. Dissertations should not be predominantly focused on the US and may examine contexts, processes, or institutions that are local, regional, imperial, comparative, global, or otherwise. The prize recognizes exceptional scholarship that advances the understanding of legal history in non-US contexts.