Background
Eekelaar was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and earned his Bachelor of Laws from King"s College London in 1963, and gained his Bachelor of Civil Law and Master of Arts
Eekelaar was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and earned his Bachelor of Laws from King"s College London in 1963, and gained his Bachelor of Civil Law and Master of Arts
University College; King"s College London.
In 2005 he retired from teaching after a forty-year career at Oxford University. He was the academic director of Pembroke College from 2005 to 2009 and is currently the co-director of the Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy (OXFLAP). From University College, Oxford in 1965 and 1967 respectively.
Eekelaar held a Rhodes Scholarship from 1963 to 1965, and was awarded the Vinerian Scholarship in 1965.
He was called to the Bar in 1968 at the Inner Temple. Eekelaar has been a Tutorial Fellow at Pembroke College since 1965.
He held a CUF Lecturership from 1966 to 1991, and has been Reader in Law since 1991. He was elected to a Fellowship of the British Academy in July 2001.
Eekelaar has been editor of the International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family and the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies.
Books Katz, Sanford N. Eekelaar, John
Maclean, Mavis (2000). Cross currents: family law and policy in the United States and England.
Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Eekelaar, John. Maclean, Mavis
Beinart, Sarah (2000).
Family lawyers: the divorce work of solicitors. Oxford: Hart. . Eekelaar, John. Maclean, Mavis (2004).
Personal Relationships, Marriage and Morals. Oxford: Oxford Centre for Family Law and Policy (OXFLAP) working paper, Department of Social Policy and Social Work.