Bruce W. Frier (born August 31, 1943) is an American social scientist, legal historian, and author. He is the John and Teresa D'Arms Distinguished University Professor of Classics and Roman Law, and Professor Emeritus of Classical Studies and of Law. Frier has authored several books and many articles on Roman legal, economic and social history, including Landlords and Tenants in Imperial Rome, The Rise of the Roman Jurists, and casebooks on the Roman law of delict, Roman family law, and the Roman law of Contracts. He is most known for his contributions to this field and, among other honors, is the recipient of the 1983 Goodwin Award of Merit from The Society for Classical Studies (SCS, formerly known as the American Philological Association) for The Rise of the Roman Jurists. Frier is a Fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a Resident Fellow of The American Philosophical Society, and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome. He was the General Editor of a three-volume annotated translation of The Codex of Justinian published in 2016. Source: Wikipedia (en)