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 Paul Roberts FBA

Criminal evidence and procedure, especially philosophical, comparative, socio-legal and jurisprudential dimensions; legal argumentation, inferential reasoning, fact-finding and proof; forensic science evidence and expert witnesses; criminal law theory

Professor Gráinne De Búrca FBA

Transnational governance and European integration, focusing on understanding the causes, consequences and processes of transnational governing

Professor Francis Reynolds FBA

Q.C.(Hon.); law of agency and international commercial law.

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