Paul du Plessis is a legal historian with a focus on law and society within the Roman Empire. He is the Professor of

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at the

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and Director of The Centre for Legal History. Du Plessis is a Fellow of the

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, co-author o
The Edinburgh Legal History Blog
and an editor for the monograph series ''Oxford Studies in Roman Society and Law''.

Selected publications

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References

External links

''Justinian's Legal Code''extended podcast version
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, du Plessis on the panel with

Simon Corcoran Simon Corcoran ( ) is a British ancient historian and lecturer in ancient history within the School of History, Classics and Archaeology, Newcastle University. Corcoran was a senior research fellow at University College, London from 1999 to 201 ...

and

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, 2016.
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