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John Millar Professor Of Law, Glasgow
The John Millar Chair of Law is a Professorship in Law at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1985 in honour of John Millar, the Scottish philosopher and Regius Professor of Law at the university from 1761 to 1800. History The current holder of the chair is Adam Tomkins, a leading constitutional scholar and noted republican, who has published several widely used textbooks in the areas of Public Law and Law and Government. He was preceded by Tony Prosser, an authority on Public and European Law and now Professor of Public Law at the University of Bristol. Before Prosser, the chair was held by Martin Loughlin, now Professor of Public Law and head of the Department of Law at the London School of Economics. Holders *2003 - Adam Tomkins *1992 - Tony Prosser *1988 - Martin Loughlin *1985 - Thomas Bates References See also * List of Professorships at the University of Glasgow *University of Glasgow School of Law *Regius Chair of Law, Glasgow {{University of Glasgow Law ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Glasgow
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Adam Tomkins
Adam Tomkins (born 28 June 1969) is a British academic and politician who is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. A member of the Scottish Conservatives, he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for the Glasgow region from 2016 to 2021, when he stood down for that year's elections. Previously a constitutional advisor to the House of Lords Constitution Committee, he was made constitutional advisor to the Scotland Office and Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell in 2015. He was the Convener of the Justice Committee, having previously held the portfolio of strategy, communities, social security, the constitution and equalities. Academia Tomkins was educated at Gillingham School, the University of East Anglia (LL.B., 1990) and the London School of Economics ( LL.M., 1991). He taught at the School of Law of King's College London between 1991 and 2000 and became a fellow at St Catherine's College, Oxford in 2000, before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Millar (philosopher)
John Millar of Glasgow (22 June 1735 – 30 May 1801) was a Scottish philosopher, historian and Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Glasgow from 1761 to 1800. Biography Born a son of the manse of the Kirk o' Shotts, Shotts, Lanarkshire, John Millar was educated by an uncle and then on his father being transferred to the parish of Hamilton, at the Old Grammar School of Hamilton (renamed the Hamilton Academy in 1848.) Continuing his studies at the University of Glasgow, he became one of the most important followers of Adam Smith, the founder of economic science. For a short time in the 1750s he was tutor in the household of Henry Home, Lord Kames. In 1760 he was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates. From 1761 to 1800, Millar was Regius Professor of Civil Law at Glasgow, where his lectures gained him nationwide fame. His colleagues and supporters included Smith, Kames, and David Hume. Millar was elected Clerk of the Senate of the University of Glasgow in 1772. Millar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Prosser
James Anthony William Prosser (born 3 May 1954), usually known as Tony Prosser, is professor of public law at the University of Bristol, having previously been John Millar Professor of Law, at the University of Glasgow. His research focuses on legal aspects of regulation and privatisation. In 2014 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanit ... for the humanities and social sciences. References Living people Fellows of the British Academy Academics of the University of Bristol English economists Academics of the University of Glasgow 1954 births {{UK-law-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professor
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of List of academic ranks, academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well. This usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities. However, the otherwise unqualified title "Professor" designated with a capital let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Regius Chair Of Law, Glasgow
The Regius Chair of Law at the University of Glasgow was founded in December 1713 with an endowment by Queen Anne. (Its foundation is sometimes incorrectly dated to 1712, due to an error in Glasgow's ''Munimenta'', published in 1854. ) It is one of twelve Regius Professorships within the University of Glasgow. The first holder of the chair, William Forbes, was appointed in 1714. The current holder, James Chalmers, was appointed in 2012. Regius Professors of Law * William Forbes MA (1714) * William Cross, Advocate (1746) * Hercules Lindsay LLD (1750) * John Millar, advocate (1761) * Robert Davidson LLD (1801) * Allan Alexander Wellwood Maconochie LLD (1842) * George Skene, Advocate (1855) * Robert Berry MA LLD (1867) * Alexander Moody Stuart LLD (1887) * William Gloag KC BA LLD (1905) * Andrew Dewar Gibb MBE QC MA LLD (1934) * David Maxwell Walker CBE QC MA PhD LLD FRSE FBA (1958) * Joe Thomson LLB FRSE (1991) * James Chalmers LLB LLM Dip LP (2012) See also * List of Professor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Bristol
, mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type = Public red brick research university , endowment = £91.3 million (2021) , budget = £752.0 million (2020–21) , chancellor = Paul Nurse , vice_chancellor = Professor Evelyn Welch , head_label = Visitor , head = Rt Hon. Penny Mordaunt MP , academic_staff = 3,385 (2020) , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , city = Bristol , country = England , coor = , campus = Urban , free_label = Students' Union , free = University of Bristol Union , colours = ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London School Of Economics
, mottoeng = To understand the causes of things , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £240.8 million (2021) , budget = £391.1 million (2020–21) , chair = Susan Liautaud , chancellor = The Princess Royal(as Chancellor of the University of London) , director = The Baroness Shafik , head_label = Visitor , head = Penny Mordaunt(as Lord President of the Council '' ex officio'') , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , city = London , country = United Kingdom , coor = , campus = Urban , free_label = Newspaper , free = '' The Beaver'' , free_label2 = Printing house , free2 = LSE Press , co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Glasgow School Of Law
The School of Law at the University of Glasgow provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Law, and awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws (''Legum Baccalaureus'', LLB), Master of Laws (''Iuris Vtriusque Magistrum'', LLM), LLM by Research, Master of Research (MRes) and Doctor of Philosophy (''Philosophiæ Doctor'', PhD), the degree of Doctor of Laws being awarded generally only as an honorary degree. There are forty-nine full-time academic staff and over one thousand students. The current Head of the School of Law is Professor Jane Mair. The 2019 ''Complete University Guide'' league rankings placed Glasgow at 2nd in the UK while the 2019 rankings from ''The Guardian'' placed Glasgow at ninth in the UK. The 2018 ''The Times'' league rankings placed Glasgow at 4th in the UK. History At the University's foundation in 1451, there were four original faculties: Arts, Divinity, Law and Medicine. Both Canon and Civil Law were taught, however by the sixteenth Century, instructi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professorships At The University Of Glasgow
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well. This usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities. However, the otherwise unqualified title "Professor" designated with a capital letter nearly always refers to a full professor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professorships In Law
Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professors are usually experts in their field and teachers of the highest rank. In most systems of List of academic ranks, academic ranks, "professor" as an unqualified title refers only to the most senior academic position, sometimes informally known as "full professor". In some countries and institutions, the word "professor" is also used in titles of lower ranks such as associate professor and assistant professor; this is particularly the case in the United States, where the unqualified word is also used colloquially to refer to associate and assistant professors as well. This usage would be considered incorrect among other academic communities. However, the otherwise unqualified title "Professor" designated with a capital let ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
