Hugh Collins, (born 21 June 1953) is Cassel Professor of Commercial Law at the

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, and

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''Vinerian Professor of English Law'' at

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, having retained the emeritus title after

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took up the professorship on 1 July 2020. Previously, Collins was the Professor of

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at the

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. He was until 2013 the general editor for the ''

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'', the most widely read British academic law journal. Collins was educated at Pembroke College,

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(later teaching at

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) and

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before joining the LSE in 1991. Having a background in

commercial law Commercial law (or business law), which is also known by other names such as mercantile law or trade law depending on jurisdiction; is the body of law that applies to the rights, relations, and conduct of Legal person, persons and organizations ...

and

contract law A contract is an agreement that specifies certain legally enforceable rights and obligations pertaining to two or more Party (law), parties. A contract typically involves consent to transfer of goods, Service (economics), services, money, or pr ...

, Collins' most recent work has been focused on

employment law Labour laws (also spelled as labor laws), labour code or employment laws are those that mediate the relationship between workers, employing entities, trade unions, and the government. Collective labour law relates to the tripartite relationship be ...

and the possibility of regulating contracts for competitiveness and efficiency. The LSE Law Department was rated first in the

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of 2008 while under Professor Collins' leadership. In 2009–10 he was based in New York as Global Visiting Professor of Law at NYU.

Publications

*''European Civil Code: The Way Forward'' (2008) *(with

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and

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) ''Labour Law, Text, Cases and Materials'' (2005) Hart Publishing *''Employment Law'' (2003) Clarendon *''Contract law: Law in Context'' (2003) Butterworths *''Regulating Contracts'' (1999) Oxford University Press *''Justice in Dismissal'' (1992) Oxford University Press *''Marxism and Law'' (1982) Oxford University Press

Notes

COLLINS, Prof. Hugh Graham
''Who's Who 2015'', A & C Black, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014

External links

eBook version
of Regulating Contracts {{DEFAULTSORT:Collins, Hugh Graham 1953 births Living people British legal scholars Harvard Law School alumni Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Academics of the London School of Economics Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Vinerian Professors of English Law New York University School of Law faculty Fellows of the British Academy