The historical development of the civil law and its influence on the common law; the reappraisal of modern private law through the use of comparative and historical methods
Elected 2010
Legal & political theory, both historical & modern, including theories of human rights, the rule of law, property, historic injustice, cosmopolitanism, democracy & unconditional structure, as well as torture & other security issues.
The history of ecclesiastical law in England and Wales and the modern canon law and other regulatory instruments of Anglican churches worldwide in their comparative and ecumenical contexts.
Constitutional law (German and comparative) and constitutional theory, with a strong interest in the history of modern constitutionalism and constitutional politics; constitutionalism under conditions of globalisation, constitutional adjudication; European integration
