Bracton Centre for Legal History Research

Directors

Professor Chantal Stebbings LLB PhD FRHistS FTII

Professor Stebbings’ research is into the doctrinal and social legal history of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, specialising in the law and practice of taxation and property. She aims to place modern doctrine in its historical context and examine its development to initiate social or economic change. She is particularly interested in doctrinal analysis at the interface of other disciplines in the nineteenth century, notably, tax, dispute resolution and property. Her particular area of research is medico-legal, addressing the interface of law and the medical profession and institutions.

Professor Anthony Musson MA MusB LLM PhD FRHistS FSA FRSA

Professor Anthony Musson is Professor of Legal History at the University of Exeter. He specialises in the evolution of the English legal system and developing legal culture during the Middle Ages and in the history of crime. His research is interdisciplinary in nature and explores the many dimensions and contexts in which law operates, extending conceptual boundaries and stretching the traditional sources and approaches employed for legal history. In particular his work engages with visual sources, especially various artistic media and architecture, which he employs as a means of understanding the operation and impact of the law, lawyers and legal institutions.

Key areas of legal history research expertise

• Legal Profession
• Legal Methodologies
• Comparative Legal History
• European Courts
• Administration of Justice
• Tax
• Criminal Justice
• Property and Trusts
• Business Association
• Dispute Resolution
• Visual Representations of Justice