The 13th edition of the Gerard Boulvert International Romanist Award has concluded.

Held in Budapest at the end of August 2025, during the opening of the 78th congress of SIHDA (Société Internationale Fernand De Visscher pour l'Histoire des Droits de l'Antiquité), the 13th edition of the Gerard Boulvert International Romanist Prize, which rewards the best monographic first works in Roman law and the rights of antiquity, was named in memory of one of the most brilliant French Romanists of the 20th century.

The prize, promoted and supported by the Interuniversity Boulvert Consortium, which is based at the Federico IIDepartment of Law and chaired by Professor Carla Masi Doria, was created in 1987 at the instigation of Professor Luigi Labruna, emeritus of the Federico II, who passed away in July of this year, leaving a great void in the international scholarly community.

The Prize (along with six other awards linked to it) is aimed at enhancing the work of young scholars who, in their first monographic contribution, have been able to deal with originality, rigor and passion with a subject that is as fascinating as it is complex and certainly not simple, and at the same time wants to be an acknowledgement of the courage to begin, the effort to identify a method, the difficulties in analyzing the sources, and - above all - the ability to dialogue with a legal heritage that, although ancient, remains ever alive.

Thirty-three works in the competition, from 13 different countries, European and non-European: Austria, Belgium, Chile, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, the United Kingdom (England and Scotland), Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey. The International Jury, composed of Professors: Emmanuelle Chevreau, Maria Floriana Cursi, Marita Giménez-Candela, Éva Jakab, Carla Masi Doria, Thomas A.J. McGinn, Pascal Pichonnaz, J. Michael Rainer, Martin Schermaier, unanimously resolved to award:

the "XIII 'Gérard Boulvert' International Romanist Prize" and the medal celebrating the eight hundredth anniversary of the University of Naples Federico II to Andreas Herrmann's monograph, Bereicherungsverbot und Gewalthaberhaftung. Zu den Klagen in id quod pervenit sowie in quantum locupletior factus est, "Forschungen zum Römischen Recht, 65" (Köln, Böhlau, 2024);

the Special Prize of the Faculté de Droit de l'Université de Fribourg to Diane Baudoin's monograph, Aspects juridiques des sacerdoces féminins romains. Étude des 'sacerdotes' et 'flaminicae' d'occident (^Ier av. J.-C. - ^IVe s. ap. J.-C.) I-II (Paris, doctoral dissertation, 2023);

the Special Prize of the Institut de Droit romain de l'Université Paris-Panthéon-Assas to Lucia Consuelo Colella's monograph, I testamenti dei cittadini romani d'Egitto tra storia sociale e prassi giuridica, "Philippika 178" (Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz, 2024);

the "Rolf Knütel" Special Prize from the Stichting Rechtshistorisch Fonds Mr Joseph Winkel to Philipp Rohdenburg's monograph, Die Entwicklung der romanistischen Methode bei Fritz Schulz, "Ius Romanum. Beiträge zu Methode und Geschichte des römischen Rechts, 9" (Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2023);

the "Cosimo Cascione" Special Prize of the "Interdepartmental Center 'Vincenzo Arangio-Ruiz' for Historical and Legal Studies on the Ancient World" to Julie Bothorel's monograph, Gouverner par le hasard. Le tirage au sort des provinces à Rome, "École française de Rome, 604" (Rome, École française, 2023);

the "Hans Ankum" Special Prize from the Stichting Rechtshistorisch Fonds Mr Joseph Winkel to Francesco Verrico's monograph, Governing the Emergency. On the senatorial management of 'interregnum', 'dictatura' and 'prorogatio imperii' (5th-3rd centuries B.C.), "Acta Senatus B. Studien und Materialen, 16" (Stuttgart, Franz Steiner, 2024);

the "Henryk Kupiszewski" Special Prize of the "Copanello International Romanist Center" to Carlo De Cristofaro's monograph, Inpudicus. Roman Law Facing the Prism of Male Sexuality from the Origins to the Principate, "The Art of Law, 50" (Naples, Jovene, 2022).