The Professorship of Comparative Law is a chair in law at the

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. The current holder of the chair is

Birke Häcker Birke Häcker (born 1977) is a German legal scholar. Since January 2023 she has been Professor for Civil Law, Common Law and Comparative Law at the University of Bonn and Director of the Institute for International Private Law and Comparative Law ...

. The chair was founded as the Professorship of Comparative Law in 1948 and was the first

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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 ...

created in the United Kingdom. The chair is linked with a Professorial Fellowship at

Brasenose College, Oxford Brasenose College (BNC) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It began as Brasenose Hall in the 13th century, before being founded as a college in 1509. The library and chapel were added in the mi ...

. In 2013, the chair was renamed from Professorship of Comparative Law to Linklaters Professorship of Comparative Law "in recognition of Linklaters' support for Law in Oxford". After the funding arrangement expired at the end of 2017, the chair reverted to its original name on 1 January 2018.

List of Professors of Comparative Law

Professor of Comparative Law * 1948 to 1964: F. H. Lawson * 1964 to 1971:

Otto Kahn-Freund Sir Otto Kahn-Freund QC (17 November 1900 – 16 August 1979) was a scholar of labour law and comparative law. He was a professor at the London School of Economics and the University of Oxford. Biography Kahn-Freund was born in Frankfurt am ...

* 1971 to 1978:

Barry Nicholas John Keiran Barry Moylan Nicholas (1919–2002) was a British legal scholar. He was Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford from 1971 to 1978, and Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1978 to 1989. Early life Nicholas wa ...

* 1979 to 1999:

Bernard Rudden Bernard Anthony Rudden, (21 August 1933 – 4 March 2015) was a British legal scholar. He was the Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford from 1979 to 1999. Early life and education Rudden was born on 21 August 1933 in Carlisle, ...

Linklaters Professor of Comparative Law * 2003 to 2015: Stefan Vogenauer * 2016 to 2017:

Professor of Comparative Law * 2018 to present: Birke Häcker

References

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