Dennis Lloyd, Baron Lloyd of Hampstead, QC (22 October 1915 – 31 December 1992) was a British

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, and was created a

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on 14 May 1965 as Baron Lloyd of Hampstead, ''of

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in the

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''. He was appointed Quain Professor of Law at the

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in 1956, and Head of Department of Laws from 1969 to 1981. He became a

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in 1975. He was an architect of the Rent Act of 1965.

Publications

* ''The Idea of Law'' (1964) * ''Introduction to Jurisprudence'' (1959)

References

Crossbench life peers English legal scholars 1915 births 1992 deaths Academics of University College London British King's Counsel Life peers created by Elizabeth II 20th-century King's Counsel {{UK-law-bio-stub Governors of the British Film Institute