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Joanne Scott OBE FBA FRSE FAcSS (b. 1965) is a legal scholar. She is Professor of European Law and head of the department of law at the European Law Institute. [1]

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Scott has previously taught at several universities, including the University of Kent, Queen Mary University, and the University of Cambridge. She has held visiting professorships at Columbia Law School and Harvard Law School. [1] Scott was elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2012 and as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2013. [2] [3] She is also a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences. [4]

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  1. 1 2 "Joanne Scott". European Law Institute. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. "Professor Joanne Scott FBA, FRSE, FAcSS". Royal Society of Edinburgh. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  3. "Professor Joanne Scott FBA". British Academy. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  4. "Fellows: S". Academy of Social Sciences. Retrieved 16 November 2021.