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

Fellow type: UK Fellow
Year elected: 2008
Subjects: Law
Sections: Law
Website: http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/staff/kennethreid_68.aspx

Current post

Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh

Past appointments

University of Edinburgh Professor of Scots Law at the University of Edinburgh

2008 -

Tulane University Law School Visiting Professor

2003 -

Scottish Law Commission Scottish Law Commissioner

1995 - 2005

University of Edinburgh Professor of Property Law, University of Edinburgh

1994 - 2008

University of Edinburgh Lecturer/senior Lecturer, University of Edinburgh

1980 - 1994

Publications

The Abolition of Feudal Tenure in Scotland 2003

The Law of Property in Scotland (Principal author) 1996

'The Idea of Mixed Legal Systems' Tulane Law Review, vol 78, 5-40 2003

Other Fellows of the British Academy

Professor Anthony Ogus FBA

The economic analysis of law, with a particular focus on regulatory law

Professor Joanne Scott FBA

European Union law, environmental law and WTO law; particularly law and new modes of governance and the interactions between different sub-national, national and international legal orders

Professor Jane Stapleton FBA

The private law of obligations; comparative common law; compensation systems; judicial reasoning and the philosophical foundations of the common law in areas such as causation and the duty of care

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