Professor Hugh Beale FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Emeritus Fellow
- Year elected
- 2004
- Subjects
- Law
- Sections
- Law
Summary
Hugh Beale QC FBA specialises in the law of contract (he has published several books on contract and is the General Editor of Chitty on Contracts) and commercial law, in particular the law of security over moveable property. He also works on the developing "European" contract law: he was a member of the Commission on European Contract Law 1987-2000, of the Study Group on a European Civil Code and of the Group of Experts called upon to draft the Feasibility Study for a Common European Sales Law.
Current post
University of Warwick Professor of Law
Harris Manchester College, Oxford Senior Research Fellow
Past appointments
University of Warwick Professor of Law
2007 -
University of Warwick Professor of Law
1987 -
University of Warwick Law Commissioner and Professor of Law, University of Warwick
1987 -
University of Bristol Lecturer and Reader in Law
1973 - 1987
Other Foreign Institutions Lecturer in Law
1969 - 1971
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Alain Supiot FBA
Welfare state, labour law and social security law; jurisprudence; anthropology of law and dogmatic foundations of institutions
Professor Christine Bell FBA
The connections between constitutional law and international law forged through attempts to end violent conflict, with a focus on how these attempts affect constitution-making processes, peace agreements, and the development of international law itself
Professor Kenneth Reid FBA
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
