Regius Professorship of Civil Law

UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD; Oxford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Oxford is offering a prestigious Regius Professorship of Civil Law, effective from October 2026. The successful candidate will play a leading role in legal studies, driving research and teaching in Roman Law and beyond while collaborating across departments to enhance interdisciplinary efforts.

Qualifications

• A record of internationally recognized scholarship.
• Excellent publication record and potential for further significant work.
• Skills to support colleagues in fostering outstanding research and teaching.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-level academic leadership in Roman Law.
• Lead the development of pioneering research concepts and methodologies.
• Design and teach postgraduate and undergraduate courses.

Skills

Intellectual leadership

Teaching excellence

Research innovation

Education

PhD in Law

Job description

Regius Professorship ofCivil Law

Faculty of Law inassociation with All Souls College

The Faculty of Law and All SoulsCollege are seeking applications for the Regius Professorship of Civil Law,with effect from 1 October 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The Regius Professorship of CivilLaw is the oldest professorship in Law in Oxford. The new Regius Professor willhave a leading role to play in the future of legal studies, both in theUniversity and worldwide. We are seeking a scholar who will maintain and takeforward a tradition of outstanding legal scholarship, informed by advancedlearning in Roman Law. The role is strategically important, not least becauseof the importance of Roman Law in the evolution of modern laws; theinternationalisation of so many areas of law in the 21st century; theconnections between the common law and the laws of the European Union and ofcivil law countries; and because of the common frame of reference Roman Law hasprovided over periods of juridical and political evolution in both civilian andcommon law lands.

You will be required to providehigh level academic leadership in Oxford in Roman Law, its principles andhistory, and in some other branch of law. You will lead the development ofpioneering concepts and/or methodologies to open up new avenues of research andintellectual understanding, collaborating with other departments to enhanceinterdisciplinary research and teaching collaborations. You will lead aprogramme of original research at international level and be expected toprepare funding applications for your own research and to support juniorcolleagues in this activity. You will design and teach courses at bothpostgraduate and undergraduate level, and supervise postgraduate research students.You will serve as a member of the Governing Body and trustee of All SoulsCollege.

You should have an outstandingrecord of internationally recognised scholarship and an excellent publicationrecord indicating the potential to produce further significant work during thetenure of the chair. In addition to excellence in your own research, teachingand supervision, you should have the intellectual leadership skills to be ableto support colleagues to foster outstanding research and teaching in Civil Lawat all levels.

The closing date for applicationsis 12:00 noon UK time on Monday 23 June 2025.

Interviews are expected to be heldin October 2025.

Informal enquiries are welcome andmay be made in strict confidence to Professor John Armour, the Dean of theFaculty of Law ([e-mail]).

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