Caroline Humfress

Caroline Humfress, FRHS, FSLS, (born 1971) is a legal historian who is professor at the University of St Andrews and deputy director of the Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research there.

Early life and education

Caroline Humfress was born in 1971. She received her advanced education at the University of Cambridge from where she earned her BA, MA, and PhD,^[1] the last for a thesis titled Forensic practice in the development of Roman law and ecclesiastical law in late antiquity, with special reference to the prosecution of heresy (1999).^[2]

Career

Humfress was lecturer then professor at Birkbeck College, University of London. Since September 2015, she has been professor and deputy director of the University of St Andrews Institute of Legal and Constitutional Research.^[3][4] She is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Legal Scholars.

Selected publications

• The evolution of the late antique world. Orchard Academic, Cambridge, 2001. (with Peter Garnsey) ISBN 9781903283004
• Orthodoxy and the courts in late antiquity. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2007. ISBN 9780198208419
• Encyclopaedia of political theory. Sage, Los Angeles and London, 2010. (Associate and commissioning editor for ancient and medieval entries, 3 volumes) (General editor Mark Bevir) ISBN 9781412958653^[5]
• Being Christian in late antiquity: A Festschrift for Gillian Clark. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2013. (Co-editor) ISBN 9780199656035
• Law and empire: Ideas, practices, actors. Brill, Leiden, 2013. (Co-editor) ISBN 9789004245297

References

1. Professor Caroline Humfress. Birkbeck College. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
2. Forensic practice in the development of Roman and ecclesiastical law in late antiquity, with special reference to the prosecution of heresy. Newton Library Catalogue. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
3. Professor Caroline Humfress. University of St Andrews School of History. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
4. Caroline Humfress. Research at St Andrews, University of St Andrews. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
5. Encyclopedia of Political Theory. Sage Publishing. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

External links

• Caroline Humfress talking on The Pelagian Controversy for BBC Radio 4's In Our Time.