
jhb16@cam.ac.uk
Downing Professor Emeritus of the Laws of England
Q.C., LL.B., Ph.D. (Lond.), M.A., LL.D. (Cantab.), Hon. LL.D. (Chicago), F.B.A.;
Interests
English legal history, especially in the early-modern period: history of the legal profession and the inns of court; legal manuscripts
CV / Biography
Barrister (Inner Temple and Gray's Inn), Honorary Bencher (Inner Temple and Gray's Inn);
- Full bibliography in the Eminent Scholars Archive
Multimedia resources
- YouTube Videos from www.reconstitution.org.uk.
- British Academy: Maccabaean lecture in Jurisprudence (November 2009)
Publications
Books
An Introduction to English Legal History (OUP, 2019) 5th Edition
Publisher:
OUP
Published Jun 2019
The Inns of Chancery 1340-1640 (Selden Society, 2017)
Publisher:
Selden Society
Published Jul 2017
The Reinvention of Magna Carta 1216-1616 (CUP, 2017)
Publisher:
CUP
Published Feb 2017
Selected Readings and Commentaries on Magna Carta 1400-1604 (Selden Society (v. 132), 2015)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 132)
Published Jul 2015
Collected Papers on English Legal History (CUP, 2013)
Publisher:
CUP
ISBN 13:
9781107020436
Published Oct 2013
The Men of Court 1440 to 1550: A Prosopograhy of the Inns of Court and Chancery and the Courts of Law (The Selden Society, 2012)
Publisher:
The Selden Society
ISBN 13:
978-0-8377-3884-0
Published Jul 2012
Baker and Milsom's Sources of English Legal History (OUP, 2010) 2nd Edition
Publisher:
OUP
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-954680-0
Published May 2010
The Reports of William Dalison 1552-1558 (Selden Society (v. 124), 2008)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 124)
Published Jul 2008
The English Legal Manuscripts of Sir Thomas Phillipps (Selden Society, 2008)
Publisher:
Selden Society
Published Feb 2008
A Catalogue of the Legal Manuscripts of Anthony Taussig (with A. Taussig) (Selden Society, 2007)
Publisher:
Selden Society
Published Jul 2007
An Inner Temple miscellany: papers reprinted from the Inner Temple yearbook (Masters of the Bench of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, 2004)
Publisher:
Masters of the Bench of the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple
Published Mar 2004
Reports from the Time of Henry VIII (Selden Society (v. 120-121), 2004)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 120-121)
Published Mar 2004
The Oxford History of the Laws of England Volume VI (OUP, 2003)
Publisher:
OUP
ISBN 13:
978-0-19-825817-9
Published Sep 2003
The Legal Profession and the Common Law: Historical Essays (Hambledon & London, 2003)
Publisher:
Hambledon & London
ISBN:
0907628621
ISBN 13:
978-0907628620
Published Aug 2003
An Introduction to English Legal History (OUP, 2002) 4th Edition
Publisher:
OUP
ISBN 13:
978-0-40-693053-8
Published May 2002
The Law's Two Bodies: Some Evidential Problems in English Legal History (OUP, 2001)
Publisher:
OUP
ISBN:
0199245185
ISBN 13:
978-0199245185
Published Jul 2001
Readings and Moots at the Inns of Court in the Fifteenth Century (with Samuel Thorne) (Selden Society (v. 105), 2000)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 105)
ISBN 13:
9780854231638
Published Mar 2000
The common law tradition : lawyers, books, and the law tradition (Hambledon Press, 2000)
Publisher:
Hambledon Press
ISBN:
1852851813
ISBN 13:
978-1852851811
Published Mar 2000
The Reports of John Caryll (Vols I & II) (ed) (Selden Society (v. 115-116), 1999)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 115-116)
ISBN:
0854231358
ISBN 13:
0854231404
Published Mar 1999
Monuments of Endlesse Labours : English canonists and their work, 1300-1900 (Hambledon Continuum, 1997)
Publisher:
Hambledon Continuum
ISBN:
1852851678
ISBN 13:
978-1852851675
Published Jul 1997
John Spelman's Reading on Quo Warranto: Lectures Delivered in Gray's Inn (Lent,1519) (Selden Society (v. 113), 1997)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 113)
ISBN:
0 85423 219 2
Published Mar 1997
A Catalogue of English Legal Manuscripts in Cambridge University Library (Boydell Press, 1996)
Publisher:
Boydell Press
Published Jul 1996
Reports from the Lost Notebooks of Sir James Dyer (Vol 1 & 2) (ed) (Selden Society (v. 109-110), 1994)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 109-110)
Published Mar 1994
English Legal MSS in the USA (Part II), 1990)
Published Mar 1990
Readings and Moots at the Inns of Court (Vol II) (with Samuel Thorne) (eds) (Selden Society (v. 105), 1990)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 105)
Published Mar 1990
Manual of Law French (Scolar Press, 1990) 2nd Edition
Publisher:
Scolar Press
ISBN:
0859677451
ISBN 13:
978-0859677455
Published Mar 1990
Judicial Records, Law Reports, and the Growth of Case Law (ed) (Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, 1989)
Publisher:
Duncker & Humblot, Berlin
Published Jul 1989
The Notebook of Sir John Port (ed) (Selden Society (v. 102), 1986)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 102)
ISBN:
085423148X
Published Mar 1986
English Legal MSS in the USA (Part I), 1985)
Published Mar 1985
The Order of Serjeants at Law (Selden Society, 1984)
Publisher:
Selden Society
Published Mar 1984
Legal Records and the Historian (ed) (Royal Historical Society, 1978)
Publisher:
Royal Historical Society
Published Jul 1978
English Legal Manuscripts (vol. 2) (Inter Documentation Co., Zug, 1978)
Publisher:
Inter Documentation Co., Zug
Published Jul 1978
The Reports of Sir John Spelman (Vols I & II) (ed) (Selden Society (v. 93-94), 1976)
Publisher:
Selden Society (v. 93-94)
Published Mar 1976
English Legal Manuscripts (vol. 1) (Inter Documentation Co., Zug, 1975)
Publisher:
Inter Documentation Co., Zug
Published Jul 1975