Professor Boudewijn Sirks

Professor Boudewijn Sirks

DCL, DIU
History, Law
Emeritus Fellow since 2014

My interests lie in the law of the Roman empire in the third to seventh century, and in that of the western successorstates in that period. Further, in the usus modernus, particularly the Roman-Dutch law.

Research Areas
Legal History
Roman Law
Byzantine Law
Ancient Administrative/legal Institutions
Background
  • Emeritus Fellow, All Souls College (from 2014)
  • Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford and Fellow of All Souls College (from 2006 to 2014)
  • Professor of History of Ancient Law, History of European Private Law and German Private Law, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main (from 1997 to 2006)
  • Reader and Acting Chair for Legal Techniques, University of Amsterdam (from 1989 to 1997)
  • Lecturer for Legal History, later Senior Lecturer for Legal Techniques, Utrecht University (from 1978 to 1989)
  • Undergraduate Postgraduate, University of Leiden and Postgraduate Research Assistant, University of Amsterdam (to 1978)