British Academy: The UK's National Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences

Professor Hector MacQueen
Professor of Private Law, University of Edinburgh

Year elected: 2006

He has won distinction in several fields of legal scholarship: in the history of law (in particular of Scots Law); in private law, where he has done substantial work in relation to contract, delict and unjustified enrichment; and in intellectual property law. He is a leading figure in the contemporary study of private law in Scotland and Europe, highly respected internationally.