Alumni Events
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Whether it be a reunion, a networking event, a lecture or a seminar there are many events the Law School hosts for our alumni.
Below you can find the upcoming events.
How we can support you
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We welcome news and queries from our alumni and will be happy to help in any way we can. Whether you want to organise a reunion, host an event, speak to a careers advisor, contact class mates, or get a copy of your class photo, please do feel free to get in touch.
If there is something you’d like to share or ask us, just email law.alumni@ed.ac.uk
University of Edinburgh alumni can also take advantage of a range of benefits from discounts to careers advice. For the full list of Alumni Benefits visit the University Alumni pages.
Legal History
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Legal history research and teaching at Edinburgh Law School focuses on Roman Law in the Ancient World and the Middle Ages, the History of Scots Law, European Legal History and the Legal History of Louisiana, Natural Law and Canon Law, and Slavery.
This activity reflects a long tradition in the School as the Chair of Civil Law, founded 1710, was the first active law chair in the University. These fields are covered in a number of different courses, and there is a lively group of postgraduate students. Teaching and research are generally pursued in an interdisciplinary and comparative fashion, drawing on the excellent resources available in Edinburgh, to support historical and comparative research within the civilian tradition.
John W. Cairns, Professor of Civil Law
Paul J. du Plessis, Professor of Roman Law
Lisa Cowan, PhD student
Hector L. MacQueen, Emeritus Professor of Private Law
Guido Rossi, Reader in European Legal History
View current publications by staff:
Professor John W. Cairns
Professor Paul J. du Plessis
Professor Hector MacQueen
Dr Guido Rossi
Centre for Legal History
The Centre for Legal History provides a lively social and scholarly focus for the active research community – faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and postgraduate students - in legal history, including Civil (Roman) law, in the School of Law.
Research centres and networks
Centre for Legal History
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The Centre for Legal History provides a lively social and scholarly focus for the active research community – faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and postgraduate students - in legal history, including Civil (Roman) law, at Edinburgh Law School. The University has a long tradition in the field, as the Chair of Civil Law was founded in 1710, with Civil Law taught continuously in the University since then. Major interests pursued are Roman law, the learned laws in the Middle Ages, the history of law in Europe, the history of Scots law, and legal history in Louisiana.
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Centre for Legal History
A lively social and scholarly community for the study of legal history at Edinburgh Law School.
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Offering a comprehensive contextual analysis of Maine’s Ancient Law, the monograph explores significant role of Roman law in shaping the narrative, particularly its influence on Maine’s arguments and conclusions. It also positions Maine’s work within the broader intellectual debates of the nineteenth century.
Professor Paul J. du Plessis
Professor of Roman law
