Prof Bernard Jackson
Emeritus Professor
Biography
A full publication list is available here: http://www.legaltheory.demon.co.uk/lib_biblioBSJ1.html
- LL.B. (Liverpool), D.Phil. (Oxon.), LL.D. (Edinburgh), D.H.L. h.c. (Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati), Utter Barrister (Gray's Inn);
- Alliance Professor of Modern Jewish Studies;
- Joined the University of Manchester in 1997.
Further information
Supervision areas:
My successful PhD students have written theses on, inter alia, Seriousness of Offence in Biblical Law, Judicial Deviation in the Talmud, Medieval Responsa on Restitution and Decision-Making in the Crown Prosecution Service.
Additional academic activities:
I have established an Agunah Research Unit at Manchester.
Additional information:
Research Grants:
- Social Science Research Council, Personal Research Award, 1981;
- BritishAcademy Research Grant, 1983;
- British Council Research Grant, 1984;
- Leverhulme Research Grant, 1986-87;
- Merseyside Police, 1990-91;
- Hanadiv Foundation (for Agunah Research Unit), 2004-05;
- Leverhulme Trust (for Agunah Research Unit), 2005-08.
- British Academy Research Small Grant (for Agunah Research Unit), 2008.
Consultancies:
- Executive Committee, The Jewish Law Association, 1978-1992, 2004-;
- Secretary-General and Treasurer, International Association for the Semiotics of Law, 1987-93;
- Management Committee, U.K. Law Technology Centre, 1989-92;
- Chairman, BILETA Inquiry into Computer Provision in U.K. Law Schools, 1989-91;
- Northern Circuit Committee on Computer Support for Litigation, 1991;
- Lord Chancellor's Area Criminal Justice Advisory Committee, 1992;
- Committee, Society for Computers and Law, Liverpool Branch, 1993-96;
- Editorial Board, Archivos Latinoamericanos de Metodologia y Filosofia del Derecho, Venezuela. 1988- ;
- Advisory Board, Center for Semiotic Research in Law, Government and Economics, PennsylvaniaStateUniversity, 1990;
- Conseil d'administration, Association Européenne pour la philosophie du droit. 1990-2000;
Related information
Publications
Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Special issue › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter