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Assistant Professorship in Private Law

MA (Oxon), DPhil, AFHEA, Solicitor England and Wales (non-practising)

Interests

Land law; legal history; historical jurisprudence; legal methods; comparative legal history; equity and trusts; English private law

Research centres and interest groups

CV / Biography

Dr Eldridge’s research interests lie in land law and legal history. Her work includes publications on medieval English law, methods in legal history and legal theory, and English land law. She is particularly interested in understanding the legacies and connections between legal history and contemporary law, especially in the context of large reform projects in property law over the last 150 years. She is also a co-founder of the Selden’s Sister network for women in legal history, which produces research on women who have contributed to the discipline as well as promoting activities for modern day scholarship. Her teaching interests span private law and legal history generally, including comparative work. She has previously been an Early Career Fellow at the University of Edinburgh and a college lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Oxford and Christ Church, Oxford. 

Publications

 

Books

Law and the Medieval Village Community Reinvigorating Historical Jurisprudence, 2023)

Articles

"Whatever Happened to Tenure?" [2024] 3 Conv 251

Citation:
[2024] 3 Conv 251
Published: Oct 2024

"Leases, rocks, and hard places: Estates without contracts and contracts without estates" (2023) 193 LQR 290

Citation:
(2023) 193 LQR 290
Published: Apr 2023

"Gone and forgotten: Vinogradoff’s historical jurisprudence" (2021) 41(2) LS 194

Citation:
(2021) 41(2) LS 194
Published: Jan 2021

Book Reviews

[Review of] Great Debates in Land Law [2023] 4 Conv 403

Published Dec 2023

[Review of] Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life By Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman (2023) 1 International J L Context

Published Jan 2023

[Review of] Women in the Medieval Common Law c. 1200-1500 by Gwen Seabourne (2022) 138 LQR 509

Published Jul 2022

Case Notes

Looking a guest horse in the mouth: Proprietary estoppel in English Law [2023] 1 Conv 101

Published: Mar 2023