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Mr David Yale FBA

Fellow type
UK Emeritus Fellow
Year elected
1980
Year of birth
1928
Year of death
2021
Subjects
Law
Sections
Law

Last post

Emeritus Reader in English Legal History, University of Cambridge and Fellow, Christ's College

Past appointments

University of Cambridge Reader in English Legal History

1969 - 1993

Christ's College University of Cambridge Fellow

1950 -

Publications

Selden Society vol 108: Admiralty Jurisdiction

Published in 1992

Selden Society vol 92: Prerogatives of the King

Published in 1975

Selden Society vols 73 and 79: Lord Nottingham's chancery cases

Published in 1954

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