Draft:Professor Jonathan Morgan


Professor Jonathan Morgan is a British legal academic. He is Professor of English law at the University of Cambridge, and deputy chair of the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.[1] He is currently a fellow and director of studies at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, as well as the dean of college.[2]

Professor Morgan specialises in private law (the law of tort and contract), but his areas of interest include also English Public law, especially Human Rights, and Legal History.[3]

Biography

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Jonathan Morgan read jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford, where he stayed for his Masters in Law.[3] He then wrote his doctoral thesis at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, entitled: 'A defence of freedom of contract'.[2]

After writing his dissertation at Corpus, Jonathan Morgan began his teaching career lecturing English law at the British Law Centre,[4] Warsaw University, and elsewhere in Eastern and Central Europe.[5] He maintains links with the study of law in Central and Eastern Europe, including being a judge for the Central and Eastern Europe Moot Competition.[4]

In 2004, then Dr. Morgan was elected to the fellowship of Christ's College, Cambridge (2004-2009).[6] While at Christ's College, Jonathan Morgan was a lecturer for the Department of Land Economy, Cambridge.[6]

In 2009, he then moved St. Catherine's College, Oxford (2009-2012),[3] before returning to Corpus as fellow and director of studies, where he currently works, in 2012, as a lecturer (and later Professor), in the law faculty.[2]

In 2023, Dr. Morgan was appointed Professor of English law at the University of Cambridge, delivering his inaugural lecture in January of 2024, entitled: 'Judges, Jurists, and Style'.[7]

Professor Morgan was also the Book Reviews editor of the Law Quarterly Review.[4]

Bibliography[1]

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  • Great Debates in Tort Law (2022)
  • Great Debates in Contract Law, 3rd edition (2020)
  • Hepple and Matthews' Tort Law: Cases and Materials, 7th edition [et al.] (2015)
  • Great Debates in Contract Law, 2nd edition (2015)
  • Contract Law Minimalism: A formalist Restatement of Commercial Contract Law (2013)
  • Great Debates in Contract Law (2012)
  • Hepple and Matthews' Tort: Cases and Materials, 6th edition [editor] (2008)

References

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  1. ^ a b Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. "Professor Jonathan Morgan". Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. "Professor Jonathan Morgan". Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  3. ^ a b c St. Catherine's College, Oxford. "Jonathan Morgan". Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  4. ^ a b c Central and Eastern Europe Moot Competition (13 March 2024). "CEEMC Judicial Panel>University of Cambridge". Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  5. ^ Jonathan Morgan (7 November 2013). Contract Law Minimalism: A Formalist Restatement of Commercial Contract Law. Cambridge University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-107-02107-5.
  6. ^ a b Christ's College, Cambridge. "Dr Jonathan E MORGAN MA PhD". Retrieved 10 June 2024.
  7. ^ Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge (26 January 2024). "Inaugural Lecture: 'Judges, Jurists and Style'". Retrieved 12 June 2024.