John Bell is Emeritus Professor of Law (1973) at the

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and a

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of Pembroke College, Cambridge. He served as General Editor of the Cambridge Law Journal from 2010 to 2019. Prior to appointment to the Cambridge Chair in 2001, he was professor of law at the

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(1989–2001) and fellow and tutor in law at

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(1979–1989). He is an honorary member of Hardwicke Chambers, and was ordained as a permanent deacon within the Catholic Church in July 2012.

Academic interests

Bell's academic interests include

comparative law Comparative law is the study of differences and similarities between the law (legal systems) of different countries. More specifically, it involves the study of the different legal "systems" (or "families") in existence in the world, including the ...

jurisprudence Jurisprudence, or legal theory, is the theoretical study of the propriety of law. Scholars of jurisprudence seek to explain the nature of law in its most general form and they also seek to achieve a deeper understanding of legal reasoning a ...

, public law, and

European Law European Union law is a system of rules operating within the member states of the European Union (EU). Since the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community following World War II, the EU has developed the aim to "promote peace, its valu ...

Publications

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References

Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge Fellows of Wadham College, Oxford Academics of the University of Leeds Living people Year of birth missing (living people) British legal scholars Honorary King's Counsel Legal scholars of the University of Oxford Professors of Law (Cambridge, 1973) {{UK-law-bio-stub