Professor Stephen Bogle

Professor of Law and Interpersonal Justice (School of Law)

telephone: (+44) 0141 330 5577
email: Stephen.Bogle@glasgow.ac.uk

412, 5-9 The Square, The Stair Building, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Biography

Stephen joined the School of Law in 2014. His academic qualifications include an MA in Philosophy from the University of Edinburgh (2005), an LLB from the University of Strathclyde (2007), an LLM by Research from the University of Edinburgh (2012), and a PhD in Law from the University of Edinburgh (2016). He qualified as a solicitor in Scotland in 2010, although he no longer practises.

His teaching covers a range of subjects including delict, contract, property, international sales law, and the history of legal thought. He is convenor of Obligations 1A, a core LLB subject introducing students to the law of delict in Scotland, and also teaches an honours course titled Debates in Private Law Theory, which examines foundational and contemporary debates in private law.

Stephen has played an active role in the School’s undergraduate admissions for many years and, in conjunction with colleagues across the University, has led the School’s widening participation initiatives. He co-initiated a revamp of the Law and Philosophy programme, strengthening its interdisciplinary approach and relevance to legal education.

He is a member of the Legal Theory research group and serves as convenor of the Private Law research group. He has also served on the council of the Stair Society and was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society in 2024.

Research interests

Professor Bogle’s research focuses on the law of obligations—particularly contract and delict/tort law—and the broader question of what individuals owe to one another in a just society. He has written on topics including good faith in contract law, mental health and civil responsibility, the liability of public authorities, vicarious liability, and the interpretation of contracts.

He also has a strong interest in intellectual history and its relevance to legal thought. His monograph, Contract before the Enlightenment: The Ideas of Viscount Stair, 1619–1695 (OUP, 2023), explores the development of contractual thinking in early modern Scotland and its philosophical context. His writings explore themes such as the role of autonomy in the development of contract law in Europe, the legal response to the South Sea Bubble crisis, and the ways in which historical perspectives can inform contemporary theories of private law.

In recent years, Professor Bogle has focused on defamation law and the use of civil litigation to suppress public participation. Working in collaboration with Dr. Bobby Lindsay, he has contributed to public policy discussions on defamation reform and SLAPPs (Strategic Litigation Against Public Participation). Their research has been cited by the Scottish Law Commission, the Scottish Government, and civil society organisations, and was referenced in a decision by a District Court in New South Wales. He also gave oral evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee, which informed the development of the Defamation and Malicious Publication (Scotland) Act.

Their work has been shared through open-access publications, public briefings, and events aimed at fostering dialogue between academics, legal professionals, and policymakers. Professor Bogle continues to engage in knowledge exchange through seminars, roundtables, and collaborative initiatives, including co-hosting the Scottish Anti-SLAPP Summit. His research contributes to ongoing efforts to balance freedom of expression with protection from reputational harm, and to support a more equitable and informed legal system.

Publications

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2025

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 and Lindsay, Bobby ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9074-3980 (2025) Thomson’s Delictual Liability [7th Ed.]. Bloomsbury Professional. ISBN 9781526532312 (In Press)

2024

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 and Lindsay, Bobby ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9074-3980 (2024) Serious harm: six lessons since Lachaux. Journal of Media Law, 16(2), pp. 417-439. (doi: 10.1080/17577632.2024.2421061)

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2024) The Humanity of Private Law: A Review Essay, The Humanity of Private Law Part II: Evaluation. Nicholas J. McBride. Juridical Review, 2024(1), pp. 43-56. [Book Review]

2023

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2023) Morality before the Enlightenment: an interpretation of Viscount Stair’s natural law theory, c. 1681. Journal of Scottish Philosophy, 21(2), pp. 189-209. (doi: 10.3366/jsp.2023.0361)

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2023) Does Hastings matter for consumer protection? Hastings v Finsbury Orthopaedics Ltd. Journal of Professional Negligence, 2023(2), pp. 99-103.

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2023) Contract Before the Enlightenment: the Ideas of James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair, 1619-1695. Series: Oxford legal history. Oxford University Press: Oxford. ISBN 9780192884961

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2023) Involuntariness in negligence actions. Legal Studies, 43(1), pp. 122-138. (doi: 10.1017/lst.2022.28)

2022

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2022) Obligations. Jurisprudence, 13(3), pp. 418-488. (doi: 10.1080/20403313.2022.2091833)[Book Review]

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2022) Paolo Astorri, Lutheran Theology and Contract Law in Early Modern Germany (ca. 1520-1720). Paderborn: Ferdinand Schöningh (www.schoeningh.de), 2019. xx + 657 pp. ISBN:9783506701503. €128. Edinburgh Law Review, 26(1), pp. 149-152. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2022.0756)[Book Review]

2021

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2021) Private Law Theory and the Past. Working Paper. School of Law, University of Glasgow. (Unpublished)

2019

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2019) Commentary on Jex-Blake v Senatus Academicus of the University of Edinburgh (1873). In: Cowan, Sharon, Kennedy, Chloe and Munro, Vanessa E. (eds.) Scottish Feminist Judgments: (Re)Creating Law from the Outside In. Hart Publishing: Oxford, pp. 257-265. ISBN 9781509923267 (doi: 10.5040/9781509923298.ch-12.2)

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2019) Responsibility for another's wrong in Scotland: stick with Lister or twist with Mohamud? Juridical Review, 2019(3), pp. 211-230.

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2019) Inequality, just price and bad bargains: contracting attitudes after the South Sea crash, 1720. Journal of Legal History, 40(3), pp. 298-325. (doi: 10.1080/01440365.2019.1657690)

2017

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2017) The Law of Contract 1670–1870, by Warren Swain. English Historical Review, 132(556), pp. 720-722. (doi: 10.1093/ehr/cex077)[Book Review]

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2017) Stateless Law: Evolving Boundaries of a Discipline. Eds Helge Dedek and Shauna Van Praagh. Edinburgh Law Review, 21(2), pp. 315-317. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2017.0430)[Book Review]

MacQueen, Hector L. and Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2017) Private autonomy and the protection of the weaker party: historical. In: Weatherill, Stephen and Vogenauer, Stefan (eds.) General Principles of Law: European and Comparative Perspectives. Series: Studies of the Oxford Institute of European and Comparative Law (23). Hart: Oxford, pp. 269-296. ISBN 9781509910717 (doi: 10.5040/9781509910724.ch-016)

2016

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2016) Good statutory Samaritans: the standard expected. Journal of Professional Negligence, 31(2), pp. 173-177.

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2016) Lord Kames: Legal and Social Theorist by Andreas Rahmatian. Journal of Legal History, 37(3), pp. 331-334. (doi: 10.1080/01440365.2016.1235778)[Book Review]

2015

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2015) Law and Religion: The Legal Teachings of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, (Eds.) Wim Decoct, Jordan J. Ballor, Michael Germann and Laurent Waelkens. Edinburgh Law Review, 19(2), pp. 285-287. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2015.0283)[Book Review]

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2015) The Roman Law of Obligations, Descheemaeker, E. (ed.). Law Quarterly Review, 131(April), pp. 338-340. [Book Review]

McCarthy, Frankie ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6760-4819, Chalmers, James ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5423-8917 and Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (Eds.) (2015) Essays in Conveyancing and Property Law in Honour of Professor Robert Rennie. Open Book Publishers: Cambridge. ISBN 9781783741472

2014

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2014) Disclosing good faith in English contract law. Edinburgh Law Review, 18(1), pp. 141-145. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2014.0188)

2012

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2012) Where sympathy lies in contractual interpretation: 'But What’s Puzzling You, is the Nature of My Game'. Edinburgh Law Review, 16(2), pp. 242-246. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2012.0105)

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Articles

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2023) Involuntariness in negligence actions. Legal Studies, 43(1), pp. 122-138. (doi: 10.1017/lst.2022.28)

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2019) Responsibility for another's wrong in Scotland: stick with Lister or twist with Mohamud? Juridical Review, 2019(3), pp. 211-230.

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2016) Good statutory Samaritans: the standard expected. Journal of Professional Negligence, 31(2), pp. 173-177.

Bogle, Stephen ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0743-8411 (2014) Disclosing good faith in English contract law. Edinburgh Law Review, 18(1), pp. 141-145. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2014.0188)

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