David Campbell (Academic)
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David Campbell is a British Professor and the current Head of the Law Department at Durham University. He became Head of Department in 2005, since when more than ten staff members have chosen to leave Durham for other insitutions (although they have been replaced). He is allegedly one of the leading scholars on English contract law.
Professor Campbell received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Cardiff University in 1980 and later an LLM from the University of Michigan Law School and a PhD from the University of Edinburgh.Since 1985, he has taught at a number of British Universities and in Australia, Hong Kong and Spain. Before coming to Durham, he was a Professor of Law at the Law School at Cardiff University.
In his course, David Campbell changes the traditional way of teaching contract law, starting with remedies instead of the formation of a contract. As his research shows, he sees contract law in the context of a free market and much of his research involves law and economics theory.
He is widely known in Durham for his right-of-centre views. Moreover, he stems from Middlesbrough and is an enthusiastic supporter of Middlesbrough F.C..
