Dr. Caroline Humfress

Professor

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Biography

Caroline Humfress is L. Bates Lea Global Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. She has a distinguished background in medieval history and serves as the director of the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research. Additionally, she is a founding/current convenor of the project on legal and constitutional studies at the University of St. Andrews. Humfress has published extensively on topics related to ancient, late antique, and early medieval law, particularly in relation to religion and the integration of historical inquiries with contemporary legal, anthropological, and sociological perspectives. Her editorial work includes 'Cambridge Comparative History of Ancient Law', published by Cambridge University Press in 2023, which aims to establish a foundational framework for comparative ancient legal history. She is part of an international research team that explores diverse legal traditions including ancient Greek, Roman, Indo-European, Near Eastern, and Chinese law. Currently, she is completing a monograph titled 'Law’s Empire. Multilegalism in Late Antiquity' with Oxford University Press, and she is exploring concepts of ancient constitutionalism and legal ordering in late antiquity.

Research Interests

Courses

Making Civil Law

Requirements for University of Michigan

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.5
TOEFL
Total
Required:84
GRE General
Verbal
Required:155
Verbal Percentile
Required:50
Quantitative
Required:168
Quantitative Percentile
Required:50
Analytical Writing
Required:3.6
Writing Percentile
Required:50
Prerequisites
Bachelor degree in engineering, physics, or mathematics Calculus Physics
Application Checklist
  • Rackham Graduate School Application
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Specialization Notes

Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science