Education: University of Michigan (BA 1982), University of Chicago (JD 1986, MA 1987), University of Cambridge (PhD 1992). Teaching & Research: Middle English Dictionary (Research Assistant 1987-8); University of Chicago Law School (Bigelow Fellow 1987-8); Cambridge University Press (Researcher, 1992); St Catharine's College (Official Fellow 1993-2023; College Lecturer in Law 1993-2000, 2014-2023); University of Cambridge Faculty of Law (Affiliated Lecturer 1995-2023). Subjects taught: Civil Law I & II, Legal History, Historical Foundations of the British Constitution.
John Scott, Lord Eldon (1751-1838), the Duty of Loyalty (Cambridge University Press, 1999)
Domestic and international trials, 1700-2000. The Trial in History, vol, II, (ed.) (Manchester University Press, 2003)
The Blackstone Key (Sphere, 2008)
The Counterfeit Guest (Sphere, 2009)
The Mistaken Wife (Sphere, 2010)