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College Lecturer in Law; Fellow and Director of Studies in Law (Clare College); Deputy Director of the LLM
Interests
Legal History, Equity and Trusts, Land Law, Roman Law
Research centres and interest groups
CV / Biography
Dr Lorenzo Maniscalco joined Clare College in 2016, where he is a Lecturer, Fellow and Director of Studies in Law. Lorenzo is the author of a monograph on the history of the concept of equity in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Europe, Equity in Early Modern Legal Scholarship (Brill, 2020) https://brill.com/view/title/55319. Aside from legal history, he has also written on a number of topics in property law, including constructive trusts of land and breach of trust. Lorenzo previously read law in London and Florence, and completed an AHRC-funded doctoral project at Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
Publications
Books
Equity in Early Modern Legal Scholarship (Brill, 2020)
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