Dr. John Hudson

Biography

John G.H. Hudson is the L. Bates Lea Global Professor of Law at the University of Michigan Law School. He serves as the director of the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research at the University of St. Andrews, Scotland. His research and teaching primarily focus on legal history, particularly the study of law, lordship, and literature from 9th to 13th-century England and northern France. His scholarly contributions include the two-volume 'History of the Church at Abingdon' (2002, 2007) and significant works such as 'The Formation of English Common Law' (1996) and 'Land, Law and Lordship in Anglo-Norman England' (1994). Hudson has co-edited several influential texts, including 'Making English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century' (2014) and 'Diverging Paths? The Shapes of Power and Institutions in Medieval Christendom and Islam' (2014). Notably, he has delivered key lectures, including at Harvard Law School and the University of Chicago, and is a member of esteemed organizations such as the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the British Academy, and Academia Europaea. Hudson received his MA from the University of Oxford, and another MA from the University of Toronto, followed by a DPhil from the University of Oxford.

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