David Feldman (lawyer)
David John Feldman KC (Hon) FBA FRSA (/fɛldmən/) is a British legal academic, author and former judge. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge, and served as an international judge of the Constitutional Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina under the Dayton Agreement from 2002 to 2010. He is known for having shaped the development of civil liberties and human rights law in the United Kingdom.
Professor David Feldman | |
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Feldman in conversation with Robert Reed, Lord Reed at the Cranworth Law Society Annual Dinner 2018 | |
| Born | David John Feldman |
| Occupation | Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law |
| Known for | The Cambridge Companion to Public Law Law in Politics, Politics in Law The Law Relating to Entry, Search and Seizure Civil Liberties and Human Rights in England and Wales |
| Spouse | Jill Feldman |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Exeter College, Oxford |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law |
| Sub-discipline | Jurisprudence, legal system, public law, constitutional and administrative law |
| Institutions | Downing College, Cambridge University of Birmingham University of Bristol Australian National University |
| Main interests | Constitutionalism, law, politics and public administration |
Feldman is an Emeritus Fellow of Downing College, Cambridge, an Honorary Bencher at Lincoln's Inn and an Academic Associate at 39 Essex Chambers. He has served as Chairman of the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge and the Faculty of Human, Social, and Political Science, and as President of the Society of Legal Scholars.