J.D. Ford holds the chair of Civil Law at the University of Aberdeen. His edition of Alexander King’s Treatise on Maritime Law appeared in 2018, and his book about The Emergence of Privateering was published by Brill in 2023.
"The press about volume 1 in the series: ""[The book] succeeds as an excellent point of entry to what at times can seem like a highly complex subject. [..] [The editors] and their fellow contributors have undoubtedly got the new series off to the strongest possible start."" – Warren Swain, The Edinburgh Law Review"