Dr. Mark Godfrey

Professor

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Biography

Mark Godfrey has been teaching private law and legal history at the University of Glasgow since 2002. He completed his undergraduate studies at Magdalen College, Oxford, and furthered his education at the University of Edinburgh, earning a PhD in private law and legal history. Initially a tutor at the University of Edinburgh from 1993 to 1999 and then a lecturer at the University of Aberdeen from 1999 to 2002, he subsequently joined the University of Glasgow as a lecturer in Scots law and was promoted to a personal chair in legal history in 2012. He has also held prestigious visiting research fellowships at the Max Planck Institute for European Legal History and J.W. Goethe University. His primary research focuses on the history of central justice, courts, jurisdiction, and the settlement of private law disputes in medieval and early modern Scotland. He has published extensively on the origins and development of the Court Session and the foundation of the College of Justice in sixteenth-century Scotland. Mark has been a member of several academic panels and editorial committees, highlighting his active involvement in the academic community.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2002-01-01 — Present

University of Glasgow • Glasgow, Scotland

Teaching private law and legal history.

Lecturer

1999-01-01 — 2002-01-01

University of Aberdeen • Aberdeen, Scotland

Lecturer in Scots law.

Tutor

1993-01-01 — 1999-01-01

University of Edinburgh • Edinburgh, Scotland

Tutoring law students.

Awards

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Gerda Henkel Foundation Grant

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Johan Wolfgang Goethe University Grant