Kane joined Edinburgh Law School in 2017 to read for an LL.M in European Law. Before joining the University of Edinburgh, he read for a Diploma in English Law at The University of London Institute in Paris, a LL.B. (Hons) in English and French Law and German Language and an MA in Business and Financial Markets Law at Faculté Jean Monnet-Université Paris-Saclay. Kane is currently pursuing a PhD in Law at the University of Edinburgh. His thesis focuses on the assessment of the development of a general principle of contract based on consensus in early-modern legal thought and will challenge the accepted macro-narratives of European legal history.