R. H. Helmholz

R. H. Helmholz

Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Law

Dick Helmholz came to the University of Chicago in 1981 after teaching for ten years at Washington University in St. Louis. A graduate of Harvard Law School, he also received an AB in French literature from Princeton University and a PhD in medieval history from the University of California at Berkeley.

In the course of his career, he has been awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and an Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize. In the academic year 2000 to 2001, he served as the Arthur Goodhart Professor of Law in Cambridge University where he was also elected to a fellowship at Gonville and Caius College. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, a Member of the American Law Institute, and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.

Professor Helmholz's teaching interests have been centered in the law of property and in various aspects of natural resources law. His research interests have been concentrated in legal history. In the latter, his principal contribution has been to show the relevance of the Roman and canon laws to the development of the common law.

Education

Washington University in St. Louis

LLD, honoris causa, 2021

Cambridge University

MA, honoris causa, 2000

Trinity College

LLD, honoris causa, 1992

University of California at Berkeley

PhD, 1970
MA, 1966

Harvard Law School

LLB, 1965

Princeton University

AB, 1962

Experience

The University of Chicago Law School

Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Distinguished Service Professor of Law, 2000-present
Ruth Wyatt Rosenson Professor of Law, 1984-1999
Professor of Law, 1981-1984

British Academy

Corresponding Fellow, 1998-present

Washington University in St. Louis

Visiting Professor of Law, 2007-2008, 2019
School of Law National Council, 1995-2007
Olin Library National Council, 1986-1994
Assistant Professor of History to Professor of Law and History, 1970-1981

Cambridge University

Arthur Goodhart Professor and Fellow, Conville and Caius College, 2000-2001
Maitland Lecturer and Visiting Fellow Commoner, Trinity College, 1986-1987

All Souls College, Oxford

Chichele Lecturer, Trinity Term, 1999
Visiting Fellow, Michaelmas Term, 1998

Books (Author)

  • Christianity and the Criminal Law (edited by Norman Doe, Mark Hill & John Witte)(Routledge, 2020).www
  • The Profession of Ecclesiastical Lawyers: An Historical Introduction (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
  • Natural Law in Court (Harvard University Press, 2015).cu
  • Fundamentals of Property Law (4th ed.) (LexisNexis Press, 2015) (with D. B. Burke, Ann M. Burkhart & Thomas Gallanis).cu
  • Kanonisches Recht und Europäische Rechtskultur (Mohr Siebeck, 2013).cu
  • La Magna Carta Del 1215: Alle Origini Del Costituzionalismo Inglese Ed Europeo (Aracne, 2012).cu
  • Fundamentals of Property Law (3rd ed.) (Lexis Pub., 2010) (with D. B. Burke & Ann M. Burkhart).cu
  • The Spirit of Classical Canon Law (3rd ed.) (University of Georgia Press, 2010).cu
  • Marriage Litigation in Medieval England (Cambridge University Press, 2007).cu
  • The Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction from 597 to the 1640s (Oxford University Press, 2004).cu
  • The Oxford History of the Laws of England: The History of the Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction from 597 to the 1640s (Oxford University Press, 2004).cu
  • Roman Canon Law in Reformation England (Cambridge University Press, 2004).cu
  • Fundamentals of Property Law (2nd ed.) (Charlottesville, 2004) (with D. B. Burke & Ann M. Burkhart).cu
  • The History of the Canon Law and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction, 597-1649 (Oxford University Press, 2003).cu
  • The Ius Commune in England: Four Studies (Oxford University Press, 2001).cu
  • Fundamentals of Property Law (Lexis Pub., 1999) (with D. B. Burke & Ann M. Burkhart).cu
  • The Privilege Against Self-Incrimination: Its Origins and Development (University of Chicago Press, 1997) (with Albert Alschuler & Charles M. Gray & John H. Langbein).cu
  • The Spirit of Classical Canon Law (University of Georgia Press, 1996).cu
  • Notai in Inghilterra Prima e Dopo la Riforma (Dott. A. Giuffrè, 1991) (with Christopher R. Cheney & Peter Stein).cu
  • Notaries Public in England since the Reformation (Erskine Press, 1991) (with C. W. Brooks & P. G. Stein).cu
  • Roman Canon Law in Reformation England (Cambridge University Press, 1990).cu
  • Canon Law and the Law of England (Hambledon Press, 1987).cu
  • Juries, Libel & Justice: The Role of English Juries in Seventeenth and Eighteenth-century Trials for Libel and Slander: Papers Read at a Clark Library Seminar, 28 February 1981 (William Andrews Clark Memorial Library University of California, 1984) (with Thomas A. Green).cu
  • Canon Law and English Common Law (Selden Society, 1983).cu
  • Marriage Litigation in Medieval England (Cambridge University Press, 1974).cu

Books (Editor)

  • Christianity and Criminal Law. (Routledge, 2020) (edited with Mark Hill, Norman Doe & John Witte). www
  • Great Christian Jurists in English History. (Cambridge University Press, 2017) (edited with Mark Hill). cu
  • Three Civilian Notebooks, 1580-1640. (Selden Society, 2011). cu
  • Relations between the ius commune and English Law. (Rubettino, 2009) (edited with Vito Piergiovanni). cu
  • Itinera Fiduciae: Trust and Treuhand in Historical Perspective. (Duncker and Humblot, 1998) (edited with Reinhard Zimmermann). cu
  • Canon Law in Protestant Lands. (Duncker & Humblot, 1992). cu
  • Select Cases on Defamation to 1600. (Selden Society, 1985). cu

Journal Articles

  • "Review of Stuart Banner, The Decline of Natural Law: How American Lawyers once used Natural Law and Why They Stopped (Oxford University Press, 2021)," 38 Continuity & Change 105 (2023).
  • "James Arthur Brundage," 97 Speculum 935 (2022).
  • "Marching Orders," 2022 First Things 51 (2022). www
  • "Marriage Litigation in the Western Church, 1215-1517," 39 Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law (n.s) 233 (2022).
  • "English Common Law and the Ius Commune: The Contributions of an English Civilian," 37 Tulane European and Civil Law Forum 119 (2022).
  • "The Law of Waste and the Law of Dilapidations: A Comparative History," 9 Comparative Legal History 154 (2021). www
  • "In Memoriam: Brian Tierney," 95 Speculum 1250 (2020) (with Stanley Chodorow & Kenneth Pennington). cu
  • "The Medieval Canon Law in Scotland: Marriage and Divorce," 67 Stair Society 95 (2020).
  • "Counsel in the Medieval Canon Law," 37 Bulletin of Medieval Canon Law (n.s) 65 (2020). www
  • "Raoul C. van Caenegem", 94 Speculum 947 (2019) (with Paul Hyams & Ken Pennington). www
  • "Knut Wolfgang Nörr: An Appreciation," 105 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 417 (2019).
  • "Statutory Interpretation - Then and Now," 41 Manitoba Law Journal 1 (2018) (Delloyd J. Guth Visiting Lecture in Legal History). cu
  • "Peter Stein 29.5.1926–7.8.2016.," 135 Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte: Romanistische Abteilung 921 (2018) (with Richard Fentiman & David Johnston & Reinhard Zimmermann). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Gratian the Theologian by John C. Wei)," 69 Journal of Ecclesiastical History 135 (2018). cu www
  • "Pope Innocent III and the Annulment of Magna Carta," 69 Journal of Ecclesiastical History 1 (2018). cu
  • "Approaches to Law: Catholic and Protestant," 179 Law and Justice - The Christian Law Review 117 (2017). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing The Idea of a Moral Economy: Gerard of Siena on Usury, Restitution, and Prescription by Lawrin Armstrong)," 49 History of Political Economy 715 (2017). cu www
  • "Henry Charles Coote (1815-1885)," 19 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 357 (2017). cu
  • "William Somner (c 1598–1669)," 19 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 224 (2017). cu
  • "Adam Usk (c 1360–1430)," 19 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 50 (2017). cu
  • "The Church and Magna Carta," 25 William and Mary Bill of Rights Journal 425 (2016). cu
  • "Magna Carta and the Law of Nature," 62 Loyola Law Review 869 (2016) (Brendan Brown Lecture). cu
  • "The Myth of Magna Carta Revisited," 94 North Carolina Law Review 1475 (2016). cu
  • "Thomas Bever (1725–1791)," 18 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 336 (2016). cu www
  • "Review of Re-interpreting Blackstone’s Commentaries: A Seminal text in National and International contexts," 4 Comparative Legal History 91 (2016). cu www
  • "Review of Papacy, Monarchy and Marriage, 860–1600. By D. L.d'Avray," 85 Church History 371 (2016). cu www
  • "Clement Colmore (1550-1619)," 18 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 216 (2016). cu
  • "John de Burgh (fl 1370-1398)," 18 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 67 (2016). cu
  • "Sir George Lee (c 1700-1758)," 17 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 348 (2015). cu
  • "Arthur Duck (1580-1648)," 17 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 215 (2015). cu
  • "Richard Rudhale (c 1415-1476)," 17 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 58 (2015). cu
  • "Sir Daniel Dun (c. 1545-1617)," 16 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 205 (2014). cu
  • "William of Drogheda (c 1200-1245)," 16 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 66 (2014). cu
  • "Hugh Davis (1632–1694)," 15 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 344 (2013). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Martin Bertram, Kanonisten und ihre Texte (1234 bis Mitte 14.Jb.): 18 Aufsätze und 14 Exkurse (2013))," 99 Catholic Historical Review 546 (2013). cu
  • "Judicial Review and the Law of Nature," 39 Ohio Northern University Law Review 417 (2013). cu
  • "Richard Zouche (1590– 1661)," 15 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 204 (2013). cu
  • "Baptism in the Medieval Canon Law," 21 Rechtsgeschichte 118 (2013). cu
  • "Roger, Bishop of Worcester (c 1134-1179)," 15 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 75 (2013). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Will Adam, Legal Flexibility and the Mission of the Church: Dispensation and Economy in Ecclesiastical Law (2011))," 63 Journal of Ecclesiastical History 795 (2012). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Karl Shoemaker, Sanctuary and Crime in the Middle Ages, 400-1500 (2011))," 63 Journal of Ecclesiastical History 588 (2012). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Sam Worby, Law And Kinship In Thirteenth-Century England (2010))," 127 English Historical Review 144 (2012). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Robin Hickey, Property and the Law of Finders (2010))," 3 Legal Studies 511 (2011). cu
  • "University Education and English Ecclesiastical Lawyers 1400-1650," 13 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 132 (2011). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing John H. Langbein, R.L. Lerner, & Bruce Smith, History of the Common Law: The Development of Anglo-American Legal Institutions (2009))," 58 American Journal of Comparative Law 486 (2010). cu
  • "Scandalum in the Medieval Canon Law and in the English Ecclesiastical Courts," 127 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 258 (2010). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing James Q. Whitman, The Origins of Reasonable Doubt: Theological Roots of the Criminal Trial (2008))," 27 University of Illinois Law and History Review 203 (2009). cu
  • "Response to Hadley Arkes," 3 Journal of Law, Philosophy and Culture 221 (2009). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Peter D. Clarke, The Interdict in the Thirteenth Century: A Question of Collective Guilt (2007))," 94 Catholic Historical Review 800 (2008). cu
  • "The Law of Nature and the Early History of Unenumerated Rights in the United States," 9 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 401 (2007). cu
  • "Children's Rights and the Canon Law: Law and Practice in Later Medieval England," 67 Jurist 39 (2007). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing David D'Avray, Medieval Marriage: Symbolism and Society (2005))," 121 English Historical Review 1444 (2006). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Paul Mitchell, The Making of the Modern Law of Defamation (2005))," 27 Journal of Legal History 211 (2006). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Elizabeth M. Makowski, 'A Pernicious Sort of Woman': Quasi-Religious Women and Canon Lawyers in the Later Middle Ages (2005))," 24 Law and History Review 676 (2006). cu
  • "Scots Law in the New World: Its Place in the Formative Era of American Law," 52 Stair Society 169 (2006). cu
  • "Ockham's Razor in American Law," 21 Tulane European and Civil Law Forum 109 (2006). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Paul Brand, Kings, Barons, and Justices: The Making and Enforcement of Legislation in Thirteenth-century England (2003))," 36 Albion 665 (2005). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing James A. Brundage, The Profession and Practice of Medieval Canon Law (2004))," 56 Journal of Ecclesiastical History 765 (2005). cu
  • "Natural Law and Human Rights in English Law: From Bracton to Blackstone," 3 Ave Maria Law Review 1 (2005). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Andreas Richter, Rechtsfähige Stiftung und Charitable Corporation: Überlegungen zur Reform des deutschen Stiftungsrechts auf der Grundlage einer historisch-rechtsvergleichenden Untersuchung der Entstehung des modernen deutschen und amerikanischen Stiftungsmodells (2001))," 72 Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis 160 (2004). cu
  • "The Mitior Sensus Doctrine: My Search For Its Origins," 7 Green Bag 133 (2004). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing B. R. Kemp, ed.,Twelfth-Century English Archidiaconal and Vice-Archidiaconal Acta (2001))," 7 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 91 (2003). cu
  • "El Privilegio y el Ius Commune : de la Edad Media al Siglo XVII," 15 Cuadernos de doctrina y juriprudencia penal 269 (2003). cu
  • "Natural Human Rights: The Perspective of the Ius Commune," 52 Catholic University Law Review 301 (2003). cu
  • "Canonical Remedies in Medieval Marriage Law: The Contributions of Legal Practice Founding," 1 University of St. Thomas Law Journal 647 (2003). cu
  • "Christopher St. German and the Law of Custom," 70 University of Chicago Law Review 129 (2003). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Frederik Pedersen, Marriage Disputes in Medieval England (2000))," 53 Journal of Ecclesiastical History 363 (2002). cu
  • "Discipline of the Clergy: Medieval and Modern," 6 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 189 (2002). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Mary Elizabeth Basile, Jane Fair Bestor, Daniel R. Coquillette & Charles Donahue, Jr., eds. and transs., 'Lex mercatoria' and Legal Pluralism: A Late Thirteenth-Century Treatise and Its Afterlife (1998))," 77 Speculum 137 (2002). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing D. J. Ibbetson, Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations (1999))," 22 Journal of Legal History 72 (2001). cu
  • "Richard Hooker and the European ius commune," 6 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 4 (2001). cu
  • "Money and Judges in the Law of the Medieval Church," 8 University of Chicago Law School Roundtable 309 (2001). cu
  • "The Roman Law of Blackmail," 30 Journal of Legal Studies 33 (2001). ssrn cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing M. Duynstee, R. Feenstra, & L. Waelkens, eds., Repertorium bibliographicum institutorum et sodalitum iuris historiae, iussu societatis (2000))," 69 Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis 411 (2001). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Jane E. Sayers, Original Papal Documents in England and Wales from the Accession of Pope Innocent III to the Death of Pope Benedict XI (1198-1304) (1999))," 118 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 543 (2001). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Patrick Wormald, The Making of English Law: King Alfred to the Twelfth Century (1999))," 32 Albion 274 (2000). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Peter Stein, Roman Law in European History (1999))," 51 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 367 (2000). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Franck Roumy, L'Adoption dans le droit savant du Xlle au XVI (1998))," 117 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 575 (2000). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Robert Somerville & Bruce C. Brasington, eds., Preface to Canon Law Books in Latin Christianity: Selected Translations, 500-1245 (1998))," 18 Law and History Review 460 (2000). cu
  • "Magna Carta and the ius commune," 66 University of Chicago Law Review 297 (1999). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Giovanni Chiodi, L'interpretazione del testamento nel pensiero dei Glossatori (1997))," 116 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 570 (1999). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing A. K. McHardy, ed., Royal Writs Addressed to John Buckingham, Bishop of Lincoln, 1363-1398, Lincoln Register 12B: A Calendar (1997))," 20 Journal of Legal History 137 (1999). cu
  • "Spanish and English Ecclesiastical Courts," 28 Studia Gratiana 415 (1998). cu
  • "Realism and Formalism in the Severance of Joint Tenancies," 77 Nebraska Law Review 1 (1998). cu
  • "Religious Liberty in Western Thought," 109 Ethics 215 (1998). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing J. H. Baker, Monuments of Endless Labours: English Canonists and their Work, 1300-1900 (1998))," 84 Catholic Historical Review 710 (1998). cu
  • "Harboring Sexual Offenders: Ecclesiastical Courts and Controlling Misbehavior," 37 Journal of British Studies 258 (1998). cu
  • "The Legal Framework of the Church of England: A Critical Study in a Comparative Context," 75 Texas Law Review 1455 (1997). cu
  • "Excommunication and the Angevin Leap Forward," 7 Haskins Society Journal 133 (1997). cu
  • "The Universal and the Particular in Medieval Canon Law," Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law 641 (1997). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing John Hudson, The Formation of the English Common Law: Law and Society in England from the Norman Conquest to Magna Carta (1996))," 29 Albion 461 (1997). cu
  • "Les officialitès anglo-saxonnes et la culture juridique latine: approches historiennes," 38 L'Annèe canonique 97 (1996). cu
  • "The Learned Laws in Pollock and Maitland," 89 Proceedings of the British Academy 145 (1996). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing James A. Brundage, Medieval Canon Law (1995))," 17 Journal of Legal History 92 (1996). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Richard Hooker, The Folger Library Edition of the Works of Richard Hooker, Vol. VI: Pts. One & Two (edited by W. Speed Hill, 1993))," 49 Renaissance Quarterly 649 (1996). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Rudolf Weigand, Liebe und Ehe im Mittelalter (1993))," 126 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 426 (1996). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing J.L. Barton, The Mystery of Bracton (1993))," 126 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 427 (1996). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Ludwig Schmugge, Kirche, Kinder Karrieren: Papstliche Dispense von der Unehelichen Geburt im Spatmittelalter (1995))," 47 Journal of Ecclesiastical History 744 (1996). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Gilles, Henri, ed., L'Eglise et le Droit dans le Midi, 13e-14e Siecles (1994))," 65 Church History 81 (1996). cu
  • "Der Usus modernus Pandectarum und die Ursprunge des eigenhandigen Testaments in England," 4 Zeitschrift fur Europasiches Privatrecht 769 (1995). cu
  • "Ecclesiastical Lawyers and the English Reformation," 3 Ecclesiastical Law Journal 360 (1995). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Rudolf Weigand, Die Glossen zum Dekret Gratians (1991))," 64 Church History 458 (1995). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Hans Erich Troje, Humanistische Jurisprudenz: Studien zur europaischen Rechtswissenschaft unter dem EinfluB des Humanismus (1993))," 26 Sixteenth Century Journal 1068 (1995). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Eric Josef Carlson, Marriage and the English Reformation (1994))," 46 Journal of Ecclesiastical History 726 (1995). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing The Guide to American Law: Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia: Supplement 1994 (1994))," 22 International Journal of Legal Information 285 (1994). cu
  • "Excommunication in Twelfth Century England," 11 Journal of Law and Religion 235 (1994). cu
  • "The Bible in the Service of the Canon Law," 70 Chicago-Kent Law Review 1557 (1994). cu
  • "The Transmission of Legal Institutions: English Law, Roman Law, and Handwritten Wills," 20 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 147 (1994). cu
  • "The Origin of Holographic Wills in English Law," 15 Journal of Legal History 97 (1994). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Eileen Spring, Law, Land and Family: Aristocratic Inheritance in England, 1300 to 1800 (1993))," 44 Journal of Legal Education 140 (1994). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing David M. Becker, Perpetuities and Estate Planning: Potential Problems and Effective Solutions (1993))," 22 International Journal of Legal Information 87 (1994). cu
  • "Harold Berman's Accomplishment as a Legal Historian," 42 Emory Law Journal 475 (1993). cu
  • "And Were There Children's Rights in Early Modern England? The Canon Law and 'Intra-Family Violence' in England, 1400-1640," 1 International Journal of Children's Rights 23 (1993). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Alphonsi M. Stickler & Rosalio Jose Castillo Lara, Studia in Honorem Eminentissimi Cardinalis Alphonsi M.Stickler (1992))," 123 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 463 (1993). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing The Guide to American Law Supplement (1992 & 1993))," 21 International Journal of Legal Information 186 (1993). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Alan Watson, Roman Law & Comparative Law (1991))," 1 Zeitschrift fur Europasiches Privatrecht 639 (1993). cu
  • "The Library in Guercino's Portrait of a Lawyer," 30-31 Atti e memorie. Accademia Clementina 184 (1992). cu
  • "Use of the Civil Law in Post-Revolutionary American Jurisprudence," 66 Tulane Law Review 1649 (1992). cu
  • "Bailment Theories and the Liability of Bailees: The Elusive Uniform Standard of Reasonable Care," 41 University of Kansas Law Review 97 (1992). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Reinhard Zimmermann, The Law of Obligations: Roman Foundations of the Civilian Tradition (1990))," 2 Duke Journal of Comparative and International Law 309 (1992). cu
  • "Conflicts between Religious and Secular Law: Common Themes in the English Experience, 1250-1640," 12 Cardozo Law Review 707 (1991). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Marilyn Stone, Marriage and Friendship in Medieval Spain: Social Relations According to the Fourth Partida of Alfonso X (1990))," 35 Manuscripta 232 (1991). cu
  • "Continental Law and Common Law: Historical Strangers or Companions?," 1990 Duke Law Journal 1207 (1990). cu
  • "Origins of the Privilege against Self-Incrimination: The Role of the European Ius Commune," 65 New York University Law Review 962 (1990). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing The Guide to American Law Yearbook 1987 (1987))," 16 International Journal of Legal Information 39 (1988). cu
  • "The Law of Easements and Licenses in Land," 41 Vanderbilt Law Review 1357 (1988). cu
  • "Damages in Actions for Slander at Common Law," 103 Law Quarterly Review 624 (1987). cu
  • "Godparents and Kinship in Early Medieval Europe," 31 Manuscripta 118 (1987). cu
  • "More on Subjective Intent: A Response to Professor Cunningham," 64 Washington University Law Quarterly 65 (1986). cu
  • "The Conference on British Legal Manuscripts," 7 Journal of Legal History 341 (1986). cu
  • "Usury and the Medieval English Church Courts," 61 Speculum 364 (1986). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Ralph V. Turner, The English Judiciary in the Age of Glanville and Bracton, c. 1176-1239 (1985))," 18 Albion 479 (1986). cu
  • "Wrongful Possession of Chattels: Hornbook Law and Case Law," 80 Northwestern University Law Review 1221 (1985). cu
  • "Recurrent Patterns of Family Law," 8 Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy 175 (1985). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Kenneth Pennington, Pope and Bishops: The Papal Monarchy in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (1984))," 60 Speculum 1011 (1985). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Georges Duby, The Knight, The Lady and The Priest: The Making of Modern Marriage in Medieval France (1984))," 112 Commonwealth 27 (1985). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing The Guide to American Law: Everyone's Legal Encyclopedia (1983))," 12 International Journal of Legal Information 137 (1984). cu
  • "Legitim in English Legal History," 1984 University of Illinois Law Review 659 (1984). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing C. R. Cheney, The Papacy and England 1th-14th Centuries (1982) and The English Church and Its Laws, 12th-14th Centuries (1982), and Charles Duggan, Canon Law in Medieval England (1982))," 28 American Journal of Legal History 90 (1984). cu
  • "Crime, Compurgation and the Courts of the Medieval Church," 1 Law and History Review 1 (1983). cu
  • "Bankruptcy and Probate Jurisdiction before 1571," 48 Missouri Law Review 415 (1983). cu
  • "Equitable Division and the Law of Finders," 52 Fordham Law Review 313 (1983). cu
  • "Adverse Possession and Subjective Intent," 61 Washington University Law Quarterly 331 (1983). cu
  • "The Early History of the Grand Jury and the Canon Law," 50 University of Chicago Law Review 613 (1983). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing Paul R. Hyams, Kings, Lords and Peasants in Medieval England: The Common Law of Villeinage in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries (1980))," 57 Speculum 621 (1982). cu
  • "Advances and Altered Perspectives in English Legal History," 95 Harvard Law Review 723 (1982). cu
  • "Bibliography of Eighteenth-Century Legal Literature," 10 Journal of Legal Information 242 (1982). cu
  • "Advances and Altered Perspectives in English Legal History (reviewing Morris S. Arnold, et. al., eds., On the Laws and Customs of England: Essays in Honor of Samuel E. Thorne (1981))," 95 Harvard Law Review 723 (1982). cu
  • "Excommunication as a Legal Sanction: The Attitudes of the Medieval Canonists," 112 Zeitschrift Der Savigny-Stiftung fur Rechtsgeschichte, Kan. Abt. 202 (1982). cu
  • "Book Review (reviewing David M. Smith, ed., English Episcopal Acta I: Lincoln 1067-1185 (1980))," 25 American Journal of Legal History 251 (1981). cu
  • "The Writ of Prohibition to Court Christian before 1500," 43 Medieval Studies 297 (1981). cu
  • "The Early Enforcement of Uses," 79 Columbia Law Review 1503 (1979). cu
  • "Debt Claims and Probate Jurisdiction in Historical Perspective," 23 American Journal of Legal History 68 (1979). cu
  • "Roman Law of Guardianship in England, 1300-1600," 52 Tulane Law Review 223 (1978). cu
  • "Support Orders, Church Courts, and the Rule of Filius Nullius: A Reassessment of the Common Law," 63 Virginia Law Review 431 (1977). cu
  • "Infanticide in the Province of Canterbury During the Fifteenth Century," 2 History of Childhood Quarterly 379 (1975). cu
  • "Writs of Prohibition and Ecclesiastical Sanctions in the English Courts Christian," 60 Minnesota Law Review 1011 (1975). cu
  • "Assumpsit and Fidei Laesio," 91 Law Quarterly Review 406 (1975). cu
  • "Abjuration Sub Pena Nubendi in the Church Courts of Medieval England," 32 Jurist 80 (1972). cu
  • "Canonical Defamation in Medieval England," 15 American Journal of Legal History 255 (1971). cu
  • "Canonists and Standards of Impartiality for Papal Judges Delegate," 25 Traditio 386 (1969). cu
  • "Bastardy Litigation in Medieval England," 13 American Journal of Legal History 360 (1969). cu

Book Sections

  • "Buddhism and Constitutionalism: A Comparison with the Canon Law," in Buddhism and Comparative Constitutional Law (Cambridge University Press, 2022) (with Tom Ginsburg & Benjamin Schonthal).
  • "The Sequestration of Women and the Canon Law of Marriage (X 4.1.14)," in Sacrorum canonum scientia: radici, tradizioni, prospettive: Studi in onore del cardinale Péter Erdo per il suo 70° compleanno (Szent István Társulat, 2022) (with Peter Szabó & Tamás Frankó).
  • "Middle Ages : Canon Law Constitutionalism?," in Christianity and constitutionalism, Nicholas Aroney & Ian Leigh eds. (2022). www
  • "Niccolò Dei Tedeschi (Panormitanus) (1386-1445)," in Law and the Christian Tradition in Italy: The Legacy of the Great Jurists, Orazio Condorelli & Rafael Domingo eds. (Routledge, 2021). www
  • "English Property Law and Christianity, 1500–1700," in Christianity and Private Law, Robert Cochrane ed. (Routledge, 2021). www
  • "The ius gentium and the Canon Law in England, 1550-1750," in Der Einfluss Der Kanonistik Auf Die Europäische Rechtskultur, Mathias Smoeckel, Frank Roumy & Orazio Condorelli eds. (Böhlau Verlag: Vandenhoek & Ruprecht, 2020).
  • "Crime and the Canon Law," in Christianity and the Criminal Law, Mark Hill, Norman Doe & John Witte eds. (Routledge, 2020). www
  • "Fourteenth Century Legal Education: King’s Hall, Cambridge," in King’s Hall, Cambridge and the Fourteenth-Century Universities: New Perspectives, John Marenbon ed. (Brill, 2020). www
  • "Shakespeare and the European ius commune," in Networks and Connections in Legal History, Michael Lobban & Ian Williams eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2020). www
  • "Fiduciary Principles in Canon Law," in The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law, Evan Criddle, Paul B. Miller & Robert H. Sitkoff eds. (Oxford University Press, 2019).
  • "Civilians in the Common Law Courts, 1500-1700," in English Legal History and Its Sources: Essays in Honor of Sir John Baker, David J. Ibbetson, Neil Jones & Nigel Ramsay eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
  • "The Character of the Western Legal Tradition: Assessing Harold Berman's Contributions to Legal History," in The Integrative Jurisprudence of Harold J. Berman, Howard O. Hunter ed. (Routledge, 2019).
  • "Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva," in Great Christian Jurists in Spanish History, Javier Martinez-Torrón ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2018) (with Rafael Domingo). cu
  • "The Will of Filippa Fleming (1578), Family Relations, and Swedish Inheritance Law," in Planning for Death: Wills and Death-Related Property Arrangements in Europe, 1200-1600, Mia Korpiola & Anu Lahtinen eds. (Brill, 2018). cu
  • "Deathbed Strife and the Law of Wills in Medieval and Early Modern England," in Planning for death : wills and death-related property arrangements in Europe, 1200-1600, Mia Korpiola & Anu Lahtinen eds. (Brill, 2018).
  • "Natural Law and Christianity: A Brief History," in Christianity and Natural Law: An Introduction, Norman Doe ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2017). cu
  • "William Lyndwood," in Great Christian Jurists in English History, Mark Hill & R. H. Helmholz eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2017). cu
  • "Introduction," in Great Christian Jurists in English History, Mark Hill & R. H. Helmholz eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2017) (with Mark Hill). cu
  • "Local Ecclesiastical Courts in England," in The History Of Courts And Procedure In Medieval Canon Law, Wilfried Hartmann & Kenneth Pennington eds. (Catholic University of America Press, 2016). cu
  • "The English Law of Marriage and the Family (1500–1640)," in Family Law and Society in Europe from the Middle Ages to the Contemporary Era, Maria G. di Renzo Villata ed. (Springer, 2016). cu
  • "The Legal Regulation Of Marriage In England: From The Fifteenth Century To The 1640s," in Marriage in Europe, 1400-1800, Silvia Seidel Menchi ed. (University of Toronto Press, 2016). cu
  • "Legal Authority in Canon Law: Cases from the Notebook of a Medieval Lawyer," in The Confluence of Law and Religion: Interdisciplinary Reflections on the Work of Norman Doe, Frank Cranmer, Mark Hill, Celia Kenny & Russell Sandberg eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2016). cu
  • "Jurisdiction and Discipline," in The Routledge History of Medieval Christianity: 1050-1500, R. N. Swanson ed. (Routledge Press, 2015). cu
  • "Magna Carta and the Law of Nations," in Magna Carta, Religion and the Rule of Law, Robin Griffith-Jones ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2015). cu
  • "Canon Law and Roman Law," in The Cambridge Companion to Roman Law, David Johnston ed. (Cambridge University Press, 2015). cu
  • "Natural Law and Religion: Evidence from the Case Law," in Law and Religion: The Legal Teachings of the Protestant and Catholic Reformations, Wim Decock, Jordan Ballor, Michael Germann & L. Waelkens eds. (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2014). cu
  • "Annuities and Annual Pensions," in Laws, Lawyers, and Texts: Studies in Medieval Legal History in Honour of Paul Brand, Susanne Jenks, Jonathan Rose & Christopher Whittick eds. (Brill, 2012). cu
  • "Religion and Succession in the History of English Law," in Der Einfluss Religiöser Vorstellungen Auf Die Entwicklung Des Erbrechts, Reinhard Zimmermann ed. (Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co., 2012). cu
  • "Regulating The Number Of Proctors In The English Ecclesiastical Courts: Evidence From An Early Tudor Tract," in Law As Profession And Practice In Medieval Europe: Essays in Honor of James A. Brundage, M. H. Eichbauer & Kenneth Pennington eds. (Ashgate, 2011). cu
  • "Natural Law and the Trial of Thomas More," in Thomas More’s Trial By Jury, H. A. Kelly ed. (Boydell, 2011). cu
  • "Matrimonial Litigation In Pre-Reformation Scotland: A Brief Comparison With The Continent," in Famiglia E Religione In Europa Nell’età Moderna, G. Ciapelli ed. (Edizioni di Storia e Letteratura, 2011). cu
  • "Alberico Gentili e il Rinascimento. La formazione giuridica in Inghilterra," in Alberto Gentili: Atti dei convegni nel quarto centario della morte (2010). cu
  • "Citations and the Construction of Procedural Law in the Ius Commune," in The Creation of the Ius Commune: From Casus to Regula, J.W. Cairns & Paul d. Plessis eds. (Edinburgh University Press, 2010). cu
  • "Human Rights in the Canon Law," in Christianity and Human Rights: An Introduction, Frank Alexander & John Witte eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2010). cu
  • "Were the English Ecclesiastical Tribunals Courts of Law?," in Law and Private Life in the Middle Ages, Per Andersen ed. (Djoef Publishing, 2010). cu
  • "Preface," in Three Civilian Notebooks, 1580-1640 (2010). cu
  • "Presumptions in Comparative Legal History," in The Law of Presumptions: Essays in Comparative Legal History, R. H. Helmholz & W. David H. Sellar eds. (2009) (with W. David H. Sellar). cu
  • "English Law and the ius commune: The Law of Succession," in Relations between the ius commune and English Law, R. H. Helmholz & Vito Piergiovanni eds. (Rubbettino, 2009) (Papers from a seminar in Genoa, 2006). cu
  • "The Saga of Van Valkenburgh v. Lutz: Animosity and Adverse Possession in Yonkers," in Property Stories, Gerald Korngold & Andrew Morriss eds. (Foundation Press, 2009). cu
  • "A Note on French and English Officialities on the Eve of the Council of Trent," in Mélanges en l'honneur d'Anne Lefebvre-Teillard, Bernard d'Alteroche ed. (E´ditions Panthe´on-Assas, 2009). cu
  • "Quoniam Contra Falsam (X 2.19.11) and the Court Records of the English Church," in Als die Welt in die Akten kam. Prozeßschriftgut im europäischen Mittelalter, Susanne Lepsius & Thomas Wetzstein eds. (2008). cu
  • "Western Canon Law," in Christianity and Law: An Introduction, Frank Alexander & John Witte eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2008). cu
  • "Canon Law," in New Oxford Companion to Law, Peter Cane & Joanne Conaghan eds. (Oxford University Press, 2008). cu
  • "Sir Daniel Dun, All Souls College, and the Civil Law," in All Souls under the Ancien Régime, Peregrine Horden & S.J.D. Green eds. (2007). cu
  • "Marriage Agreements in Medieval England," in To Have and To Hold: Marrying and its Documentation in Western Christendom, 400-1600, Philip Reynolds & John Witte eds. (Cambridge University Press, 2007). cu
  • "Foreword," in The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 1500–1860, R. B. Outhwaite ed. (Cambridge, 2006). cu
  • "Foreword," in The Rise and Fall of the English Ecclesiastical Courts, 1500-1860 (Cambridge University Press, 2006) (with R. B. Outhwaite). cu
  • "The Ratio decidendi in England - Evidence from the Civilian Tradition," in Ratio Decidendi: Guiding Principles of Judicial Decisions, William H. Bryson & Serge Dauchy eds. (Duncker and Humblot, 2006). cu
  • "Thomas More and the Canon Law," in Medieval Church Law and the Origins of the Western Legal Tradition: A Tribute to Kenneth Pennington, Wolfgang Muller & Mary Sommar eds. (Catholic University of America Press, 2006). cu
  • "The Law of Charity and the English Ecclesiastical Courts," in Foundations of Medieval Ecclesiastical History: Studies presented to David Smith, Philippa Hoskin ed. (Woodbridge, 2005). cu
  • "Lyndwood, William," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004). cu
  • "The Ius Commune and Sanctuary for Insolvent Debtors in England," in Panta Rei: Studi dedicati a Manlio Bellomo, Orazio Condorelli ed. (Il Cigno GG Edizioni, 2004). cu
  • "Clerke, Francis," in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004). cu
  • "Canon Law and English Common Law," in Selden Society Lectures: 1952-2001 (William S. Hein and Co., 2003). cu
  • "Judges and Trials in the English Ecclesiastical Courts," in 1 Judicial Tribunals in England and Europe, 1200-1700, Maureen Mulholland & Brian Pullan eds. (Manchester University Press, 2003). cu
  • "Canonical 'Juries' in Medieval England," in Ins Wasser Geworfen und Ozeane Durchquert: Festschrift für Knut Wolfgang Nörr, Mario Ascheri ed. (Böhlau, 2003). cu
  • "Richard Hooker and the European ius commune," in Tudor England: An Encyclopedia, Arthur F. Kinney & David Swain eds. (Garland, 2001). cu
  • "Brian Simpson in the United States," in Human Rights and Legal History: Essays in Honour of Brian Simpson, Katherine Donovan & G. R. Rubin eds. (Oxford University Press, 2000). cu
  • "Independence and University in England's Manorial Courts," in Seigneurial Jurisdiction, Lloyd Bonfield ed. (Duncker and Humblot, 2000). cu
  • "Scandinavian Law and English Law: An Historical Sketch and a Present Opportunity," in Family Marriage and Property Devolution in the Middle Ages, Llars I. Hansen ed. (University of Tromsø Press, 2000). cu
  • "The litis contestatio: Its Survival in the Medieval ius commune and Beyond," in Lex et Romanitas: Essays for Alan Watson, Michael Hoeflich ed. (University of California Press, 2000). cu
  • "The Canon Law," in Cambridge History of the Book in Britain: Volume III 1400-1557, Lotte Hellinga & J. B. Trapp eds. (Cambridge University Press, 1999). cu
  • "The Canons of 1603: The Contemporary Understanding," in English Canon Law: Essays in Honour of Bishop Eric Kemp, Norman Doe ed. (The University of Wales Press, 1998). cu
  • "The Universal and the Particular in Medieval Canon Law," in Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law, Peter Landau & J. Muller eds. (Vatican City, 1997). cu
  • "Records and Reports: The English Ecclesiastical Courts," in Case Law in the Making: The Techniques and Methods of Judicial Records and Law Reports, Alain Wijffels ed. (Duncker & Humblot, 1997). cu
  • "Canon Law as a Means of Legal Integration in the Development of English Law," in Die Bedeutung des kanonischen Rechts fur die Entwicklung einheitlicher Rechtsprinzipien, Heinrich Scholler ed. (, 1996). cu
  • "Other Diocesan and Lesser Church Courts," in The Records of Medieval Ecclesiastical Courts Part II, Charles Donahue ed. (Berlin, 1994). cu
  • "Legal Formalism, Substantive Policy, and the Creation of a Canon Law of Prescription," in Prescriptive Formality and Normative Rationality in Modern Legal Systems: Festschrift for Robert Summers, Werner Krawietz ed. (Berlin, 1994). cu
  • "The Character of the Western Legal Tradition," in The Integrative Jurisprudence of Harold J. Berman, Howard O. Hunter ed. (Westview, 1993) (formerly printed as Harold Berman's Accomplishment as a Legal Historian). cu
  • "Wrongful Possession of Chattels: Hornbook Law and Case Law," in A Property Anthology, Richard H. Chused ed. (1993). cu
  • "Married Women's Wills in Later Medieval England," in Wife & Widow in Medieval England, Sue S. Walker ed. (University of Michigan Press, 1993). cu
  • "The English Law of Wills and the Ius Commune," in Marriage, Property and Succession, Lloyd Bonfield ed. (Berlin, 1992). cu
  • "The Education of English Proctors," in Learning the Law: Teaching and the Transmission of Law in England, 1150-1900, Jonathan Bush & Alain Wijffels eds. (The Hambledon Press, 1990). cu
  • "Contracts and the Canon Law," in Towards a General Law of Contract, John Barton ed. (Duncker & Humbolt, 1990). cu
  • "Spain," in The Records of the Medieval Ecclesiastical Courts, Charles Donahue ed. (Duncker & Humblot, 1989). cu
  • "Si quis suadente (C.17 q.4 c.29): Theory and Practice," in Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Medieval Canon Law, Peter Linehan ed. (Citta del Vaticano, 1988). cu
  • "The Sons of Edward IV: A Canonical Assessment of the Claim that They Were Illegitimate," in Richard III: Loyalty, Lordship and Law, P. W. Hammond ed. (Richard III and Yorkist History Trust, 1986). cu
  • "Adverse Possession and Subjective Intent," in A Property Anthology, Richard H. Chused ed. (Anderson, 1983). cu
  • "Ethical Standards for Advocates and Proctors in Theory and Practice," in Proceedings of the Fourth International Congress of Medieval Canon Law, S. Kuttner ed. (Vatican City, 1976). cu

Other Publications

  • "Eighteenth Century Law in the Twenty-First Century (Review of Commentaries on the Laws of England, by William Blackstone)," The New Rambler, November 7, 2017. www

Memberships and Professional Affiliations

  • International Consortium for Law and Religion Studies, Advisory Board (2014-present)
  • European Society for Comparative Legal History, Board of Advisors (2011-present)
  • Institute for Medieval Canon Law, Board of Directors (2008-present)
  • Revista General de Derecho Canónico y Derecho Eclesiástico del Estado, International Advisory Board (2007-present)
  • American Law Institute, Member (2000-present)
  • Medieval Academy of America, Fellow (1997-present)
  • Wentcher Educational Foundation, Board of Directors (1997-present)
  • Association internationale d'histoire du droit: Vice President (2000-present), Executive Committee (1992-2000) 
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Fellow (1991-present)
  • American Society for Legal History: Honorary Fellow (2004-present), President (1991-1993), Vice President (1989-1991)
  • Royal Historical Society, Fellow (1978-present)
  • Selden Society, Council Member (1980-present)
  • American Council of Learned Societies, Delegate (1992-2000)
  • Charles Homer Haskins Society, Council (1988-1993)
  • North American Conference on British Studies, Council (1985-1990)
  • American Bar Foundation, Legal History Fellowship Committee (1980-1986)
  • International Commission for Parliamentary and Representative Institutions, President, American Section (1981-1986)

Awards and Honors

  • Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Research Prize (1992-1993)
  • Guggenheim Fellowship (1986-1987)
  • Fulbright Scholarship (1968-1969)

Editorial Work

  • Governance Editorial Advisory Board, Polycentricity: Studies in Institutional Diversity and Voluntary (2017-present)
  • International Editorial Board, Comparative Legal History (2016-present)
  • Editorial Board, Cambridge Series, Christianity and the Law (2014-present)
  • Editorial Board, Brill Publishers, Series on Medieval Law and its Practice (2006-present)
  • External Editorial Board, Journal of Law, Philosophy and Culture (2005-present)
  • Editorial Advisory Board, Ecclesiastical Law Journal (2000-present)
  • Co-editor, Comparative Studies in Continental and Anglo-American Legal History (Berlin) (1997-present)
  • Editorial Board, Journal of Legal History (London) (1980-present)
  • Associate Editor, New Dictionary of National Biography (1998-2004)
  • Editorial Board, Law and History Review (1982-1989)