<Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed . (April 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) </Td> </Tr> <P> Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.; Latin: Doctor Civilis Legis) is a degree offered by some universities, such as the University of Oxford, instead of the more common Doctor of Laws (LL. D .) degrees . </P> <P> At Oxford, the degree is a higher doctorate usually awarded on the basis of exceptionally insightful and distinctive publications that contain significant and original contributions to the study of law or politics in general . As of June 2016, the DCL has been suspended, pending a reform of the higher doctorates . The DCL is senior to all degrees save the Doctor of Divinity which was traditionally the highest degree bestowed by the Universities . The degree of Doctor of Canon Law was replaced by the DCL after the Reformation . The degree of Doctor of Civil Law by Diploma is customarily conferred on foreign Heads of State, as well as on the Chancellor of the University . (The British Sovereign is unable to receive university degrees, since these would, theoretically, place her under the jurisdiction of the Chancellor of the university . Prior to her accession, the present Queen did accept several honorary degrees, including an Oxford DCL in 1948). </P> <P> The following other higher institutions also provide for awarding a DCL: </P>

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