reid's seminal work is his "the law of property in scotland" published in "the stair memorial encyclopaedia" volume 18 in 1993 and as a book in 1996. he has published widely on property law, as well as on trusts and succession. he has edited several books with professor reinhard zimmermann, including a volume on the history of scottish private law, a volume comparing scottish and south african private law and several volumes on aspects of comparative succession law.