
jhb16@cam.ac.uk
Downing Professor Emeritus of the Laws of England
K.C., LL.B., Ph.D. (Lond.), M.A., LL.D. (Cantab.), Hon. LL.D. (Chicago), F.B.A.;
Interests
English legal history, especially in the early-modern period: history of the legal profession and the inns of court; legal manuscripts
CV / Biography
Barrister (Inner Temple and Gray's Inn), Honorary Bencher (Inner Temple and Gray's Inn);
- Full bibliography in the Eminent Scholars Archive
Multimedia resources
- Treasures from the Inner Temple Library (Inner Temple 2023)
- John Selden: 'Liberty above all Things' (Temple Church 2022)
- Law in Time of Plague (Inner Temple 2021)
- YouTube Videos from www.reconstitution.org.uk.
- British Academy: Maccabaean lecture in Jurisprudence (November 2009)