Latterly, he was (PT) Professor of Law and Jewish Studies at Liverpool Hope University (2009–15).
His major academic interests are legal theory, semiotics, and Jewish law.
Jackson works with colleagues in the Mishpat Ivri movement yet he criticizes the dominant approach based on legal positivism and has been both Hon.
He was a founder member of the International Association for the Semiotics of Law, and initiator of its journal.
Single author books: Full bibliography (over 200 items) at http://www.legaltheory.demon.co.uk/lib_biblioBSJ1.html, updated annually