Summary
John Bell is a comparative lawyer who specialises in French and German laws. He is currently Professor of Law (1973) at the University of Cambridge. Previously, he worked at the Universities of Oxford and Leeds. He is also a Deacon of the Diocese of East Anglia. He is the Chair of the ALLEA Working Group on Horizon Europe and involved in the Academy's input to the funding of research in Europe. Professor Bell specialises in French and German laws, especially the law of obligations and public law. He has worked on the role of judiciaries (professional and lay) in western European countries
Current post
Professor of Law, University of Cambridge
Past appointments
University of Cambridge Professor of Law (1973)
2001 -
University of Leeds Professor of Public and Comparative Law
1989 - 2001
Wadham College University of Oxford Fellow and Tutor in Law
1979 - 1989
Publications
Cross: Statutory Interpretation
John Bell and George Engel - Published in 1976 by Oxford University Press
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Professor Lucia Zedner FBA
Criminal justice; philosophy of criminal law; penal theory; the history of crime & punishment; security & counter-terrorism law & policy.
Professor Dr Dr Hc Mult. Dieter Grimm FBA
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
Professor Alan Norrie FBA
Justice in critical & dialectical philosophy; the social-theoretical understanding of law; crime & punishment; criminal law & theories of responsibilities
