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And Doctor of Philosophy in 1986 and an Doctor of Laws in 2001 at the Street John"s College, Cambridge.
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Prescription and Limitation of Actions by David, Governor General of Canada Johnston (2012-12-12)
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David Johnston
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Career
Johnston was an undergraduate at Christ"s College, Cambridge. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts in 1982, a Master of Arts 1985/86 he spent time as visiting scholar at the German institute for legal history in Freiburg. He was appointed Junior Research Fellow at Christ"s College, Cambridge between 1985 and 1989, after which he moved into legal practice, concentrating on public law, in particular human rights, and commercial law.
1987 he also acted as visiting fellow of Michigan Law School.
1992 he spent in legal practice. He was involved in the litigation arising from the Lockerbie bombing.
From 1993 to 1999 he returned to academia as Regius Professor of Civil Law and Fellow of Christ"s College in the University of Cambridge. Specialising in Roman law, Scottish law and the history of law, he is the author of four books
In 1996 and 1998 he taught as senior visiting fellow at University of California at Berkeley Law School and 1999 a visiting professorship at the Université de Paris I. In 2000 he resumed legal practice in Edinburgh and reduced his teaching activities to an honorary professorship at the University of Edinburgh Law School.
He held a visiting professorship at Osaka University Graduate Law School in 2000 and 2000 to 2003 in Paris. 2005, he was appointed Queen"s Counsel.
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