The law of property, both in Scotland and as part of European private law; doctrinal legal history, especially of the 18th and 19th centuries; law reform; mixed jurisdictions
Legal and constitutional theory, particularly the moral ideal of the rule of law; public law and civil liberties, especially the common law constitution of the United Kingdom (common law constitutionalism)
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