Prof Paul du Plessis awarded Visiting Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford
Wed 4 November 2020
All Souls College at the University of Oxford has named Prof Paul du Plessis as a Visiting Fellow for the 2021-2022 academic year.
Visiting Fellowships are awarded to eminent individuals who wish to carry out study and research in Oxford and to participate in the academic life of the College.
Prof du Plessis holds the chair of Roman law at Edinburgh Law School and is an internationally renowned legal historian whose research focuses predominantly on the multifaceted and complex set of relationships between law and society in a historical context. He will use the Fellowship to explore the use of Roman law by the Victorian jurist, Henry Maine (1822 – 1888).
"This is a great opportunity to work on a project which has long since fascinated me,” said Prof du Plessis about his appointment. “Thank you to my colleagues in the Centre for Legal History for their unwavering support and encouragement."