Legal History at Glasgow

The University of Glasgow has an active and engaged community of historians who write, teach and supervise in a wide number of areas of legal history.  Legal historians in the School of Law convene under the headship of Prof Ernest Metzger. The School's particular strengths lie in Scottish legal history, European legal history, and Roman law.

Members are engaged widely in projects and ventures nationally and internationally.  They hold offices in historical societies and on the boards of periodicals, and speak at international venues.  They contribute actively to the literature.

This site

Visitors to this site will find information about members; their interests and their books; and the courses they teach.  There is also information about projects and ventures relating to legal history, supported by the University of Glasgow.

William Forbes Manuscript

A manuscript authored by William Forbes (d. 1745), the University's first Regius Professor of Civil Law, came to light in the spring of 2013.  It contains a commentary on Justinian's Institutes. Full details of the discovery are on the University's Special Collections blog.