Peter Gonville Stein

QC FBA
Born(1926-05-29)29 May 1926
Liverpool, England
Died7 August 2016(2016-08-07) (aged 90)
Cambridge, England
Alma materLiverpool College; Gonville and Gaius College, Cambridge
Occupation(s)legal scholar; educator
Employer(s)University of Nottingham; University of Pavia; University of Aberdeen; University of Cambridge
Spouses
Janet Chamberlain
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(m. 1953, divorced)​
Anne Howard
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(m. 1978)​
Children3 daughters plus 1 step-son
Parent(s)Walter O. Stein, Effi D. Walker

Peter Gonville Stein, QC, FBA (29 May 1926 – 7 August 2016) was a British legal scholar.[1][2][3]

He was Professor of Jurisprudence at the University of Aberdeen from 1956 to 1968 and Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Cambridge from 1968 until his retirement in 1993.[4][5]

Biography

Peter Stein was educated at Liverpool College and later studied at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he obtained his BA in 1949.[6] He obtained his LLB in Cambridge as an external in 1950, and became a solicitor in 1951. He completed a scholarship at the University of Pavia before becoming an Assistant Lecturer in Law in the University of Nottingham, in 1952. He then moved to the University of Aberdeen, where he obtained his PhD under the supervision of David Daube.[7] He was Lecturer (1953-56) and then Professor (1956-1968) in Jurisprudence at the University of Aberdeen.[5]

Back to Cambridge, Stein was Regius Professor of Civil Law and Fellow of Queens' College, Cambridge between 1968 and 1993. He remained Emeritus Professor of Civil Law and Life Fellow of Queens' College until his death in 2016.[7]

Honours

In 1974, Stein was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA).[4] On 20 April 1993, he was appointed an honorary Queen's Counsel (QC).[8] He was also President of the Academy of the European Private Lawyers - Accademia dei Giusprivatisti Europei (Pavia).

Selected works

References

  1. ^ Ibbetson, David (9 January 2020). "Stein, (Walter) Peter Gonville (1926–2016)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111612. Retrieved 29 November 2023. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Obituary: Peter Stein: Cambridge Regius Professor of Civil Law who explored the whole field of the Roman legal tradition". The Daily Telegraph. 2 December 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2017.
  3. ^ "STEIN, Peter Gonville". The International Who's Who (70th ed.). London & New York: Routledge. 2006. p. 1994. ISBN 1-85743-366-1.
  4. ^ a b "STEIN, Professor Peter, QC (h.c)". British Academy Fellows. The British Academy. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b Dingle, Lesley; Bates, Daniel. "Professor Peter Stein". Squire Law Library. University of Cambridge. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  6. ^ Who Was Who, Published by A&C Black Limited. Online edition, 2020
  7. ^ a b "Fellows 1900-1999". Queens' College, Cambridge. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  8. ^ "No. 53284". The London Gazette. 23 April 1993. p. 7209.
  9. ^ Stone, Julius (1976). "LEGAL VALUES IN WESTERN SOCIETY By Stein Peter & Shand John, Edinburgh: University Press, 1974, vii & 280". American Journal of Comparative Law. 24 (3): 564–571. doi:10.2307/840085.
  10. ^ Dowrick, F. (1982). "Legal Evolution: The Story of an Idea. By Peter Stein, Regius Professor of Civil Law in the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Queens' College. [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1980. xi, 127 and (Index) 3 pp. Cased, £8·50 net.]". The Cambridge Law Journal. 41 (1): 182–183. doi:10.1017/S0008197300107925.
  11. ^ Alexander, Michael C. (1991). "Peter Stein, The Character and Influence of the Roman Civil Law: Historical Essays. London: Hambledon Press, 1988.x, 450 pp. Index. $50.00". The American Journal of Legal History. XXXV (1): 100–102. doi:10.2307/845585.
  12. ^ Barry Nicholas (1989). "The Character and Influence of the Roman Civil Law. Historical Essays. By PETER STEIN. [London and Ronceverte: Hambledon Press. 1988. ix, 442 and (Indexes) 8 pp. Hardback. £3200 net.]". The Cambridge Law Journal. 48 (3): 515. doi:10.1017/S0008197300109791.

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