John Scott Davidson (born 24 September 1954) is a British legal scholar and academic administrator.
He graduated in 1977 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree, later converted into a MA (Cantab) in 1979, as is tradition at Cambridge.
[1] Davidson began his academic career as a lecturer in law at the University of Hull in 1979.
In 1998, Davidson was appointed Senior Lecturer in Law at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, becoming associate professor in 1995.
He has published over 60 articles and notes on various topics and was a book reviewer for the Christchurch Press from 1995 to 2010.