Boudewijn SirksA.J.B. Sirks studied law in Leiden and habilitated in 1984 at the University of Amsterdam with 'Food for Rome'. From 1998 to 2006 professor of ancient legal history, European private law history and civil law at the JW Goethe University Frankfurt am ain, from 2006 to 2014 Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford. Research focus: classical Roman law, late antique law (especially Codex Theodosianus here), Byzantine law, Roman-Dutch law of the 18th century (especially Bijnkershoek), colonial law in the area of ​​the former VOC (East India and Ceylon). Read More Read Less