Professor of Comparative Law (Oxford)
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The Professorship of Comparative Law is a chair in law at the University of Oxford. The current holder of the chair is Lionel Smith.
The chair was founded as the Professorship of Comparative Law in 1948 and was the first chair of comparative law created in the United Kingdom.{{cite journal|last1=Nicholas|first1=Barry|title=Professor F. H. Lawson 1897–1983|authorlink1=Barry Nicholas|journal=Oxford Journal of Legal Studies|date=1984|volume=4|issue=2|pages=153–156|url=https://academic.oup.com/ojls/article-pdf/4/2/153/4281759/4-2-153.pdf|accessdate=19 June 2017|doi=10.1093/ojls/4.2.153}} The chair is linked with a Professorial Fellowship at Brasenose College, Oxford.{{cite web|title=Further Particulars: Linklaters Professorship of Comparative Law|url=https://www.ox.ac.uk/media/global/wwwoxacuk/localsites/currentvacancies/furtherparticularsforprofessorships/Further_Particulars_Linklaters_Professorship.pdf|website=Faculty of Law|publisher=University of Oxford|accessdate=19 June 2017|date=2015}} 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".{{cite web|title=The Linklaters Chair in Comparative Law|url=https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/news/2013-03-21-linklaters-chair-comparative-law|website=University of Oxford|publisher=Faculty of Law|accessdate=19 June 2017|date=21 March 2013}} After the funding arrangement expired at the end of 2017, the chair reverted to its original name on 1 January 2018.{{cite web|title=Linklaters Professorship of Comparative Law|url=https://gazette.web.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/gazette/documents/media/22_november_2018_-_no_5223_redacted.pdf#page=3|website=University of Oxford|accessdate=10 December 2018|date=22 November 2018}}
List of Professors of Comparative Law
Professor of Comparative Law
- 1948 to 1964: F. H. Lawson'LAWSON, Frederick Henry', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U166240 accessed 19 June 2017]
- 1964 to 1971: Otto Kahn-Freund'KAHN-FREUND, Sir Otto', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U156255 accessed 19 June 2017]
- 1971 to 1978: Barry Nicholas'NICHOLAS, (John Keiran) Barry (Moylan)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U29461 accessed 19 June 2017]
- 1979 to 1999: Bernard Rudden'RUDDEN, Prof. Bernard (Anthony)', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, April 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U33387 accessed 19 June 2017]
Linklaters Professor of Comparative Law
- 2003 to 2015: Stefan Vogenauer'VOGENAUER, Prof. Stefan', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U10000212 accessed 19 June 2017]
- 2016 to 2017: Birke Häcker'HÄCKER, Prof. Birke', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U286338 accessed 19 June 2017]{{cite web|title=Professor Birke Häcker|url=https://www.bnc.ox.ac.uk/about-brasenose/academic-staff/522-professor-birke-haecker|website=Brasenose College|publisher=University of Oxford|accessdate=19 June 2017}}
Professor of Comparative Law
- 2018 to 2022: Birke Häcker
- 2024 to present: Lionel Smith{{cite web |title=Lionel Smith appointed Professor of Comparative Law |url=https://www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news/lionel-smith-appointed-professor-comparative-law |website=Faculty of Law |publisher=University of Oxford |access-date=6 November 2024 |language=en |date=17 July 2024}}