An expanding archive developed by the Squire Law Library in which we document the careers and achievements of eminent scholars associated with the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. The archive includes biographies, bibliographies, photographs and recorded interviews. For more informat…
This is the second interview with Mrs Charity (Cherry) Hopkins, Life Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge. Mrs Hopkins was interviewed for the second time on 16 October 2023 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire Law Library website at: http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
This is the first interview with Mrs Charity (Cherry) Hopkins, Life Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge. Mrs Hopkins was interviews for the first time on 13 September 2023 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire Law Library website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Professor Campbell McLachlan was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2022-2023. Professor McLachlan was interviewed for the second time on 13 September 2023 at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Professor Campbell McLachlan was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2022-2023. Professor McLachlan was interviewed for the first time on 19 June 2023 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1 - Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2 - Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive
Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1 - Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2 - Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive
Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1 - Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2 - Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive
Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. **Please note due to technical problems, the audio quality of this interview is very poor** The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1 - Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2 - Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive
Between November 2021 and February 2022 Sir Greenwood was interviewed three times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (16 November 2021): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (23 November 2021): LSE, ICJ and Master of Magdalene - Third Interview (1 February 2022): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive
Between November 2021 and February 2022 Sir Greenwood was interviewed three times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (16 November 2021): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (23 November 2021): LSE, ICJ and Master of Magdalene - Third Interview (1 February 2022): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive
Between November 2021 and February 2022 Sir Greenwood was interviewed three times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (16 November 2021): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (23 November 2021): LSE, ICJ and Master of Magdalene - Third Interview (1 February 2022): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive
This is an interview with the thirty-third entrant in the Eminent Scholars Archive. John Spencer was Lecturer and Professor in Law at Selwyn College from 1973 to 2013. He is Hon QC, CBE, and was Faculty Chairman 1995-97. The interview was recorded online from Professor Spencer’s home in Norfolk. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (20 November 2020): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (15 January 2021): University Career and Retirement - Third Interview (26 February 2021): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
This is an interview with the thirty-third entrant in the Eminent Scholars Archive. John Spencer was Lecturer and Professor in Law at Selwyn College from 1973 to 2013. He is Hon QC, CBE, and was Faculty Chairman 1995-97. The interview was recorded online from Professor Spencer’s home in Norfolk. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (20 November 2020): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (15 January 2021): University Career and Retirement - Third Interview (26 February 2021): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
This is an interview with the thirty-third entrant in the Eminent Scholars Archive. John Spencer was Lecturer and Professor in Law at Selwyn College from 1973 to 2013. He is Hon QC, CBE, and was Faculty Chairman 1995-97. The interview was recorded online from Professor Spencer’s home in Norfolk. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (20 November 2020): Early Life and Career - Second Interview (15 January 2021): University Career and Retirement - Third Interview (26 February 2021): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Professor Rochell C Dreyfuss was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science for the academic years 2019-20. She was interviewed by video from the Goodhart Lodge on 28th April 2020. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
Mr David Yale was interviewed by Mrs Lesley Dingle on 26 November 2019, in his home in Porthmadog, Snowdonia. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
Mr David Yale was interviewed by Mrs Lesley Dingle on 26 November 2019, in his home in Porthmadog, Snowdonia. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
Between January and May 2015 Professor Cornish was interviewed three times, to record his reminiscences of over forty years of research and teaching in Oxford, LSE and Cambridge. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (12 January 2015): Early Years - Second Interview (13 March 2015): Academic Career - Third Interview (22 May 2015): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Between January and May 2015 Professor Cornish was interviewed three times, to record his reminiscences of over forty years of research and teaching in Oxford, LSE and Cambridge. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (12 January 2015): Early Years - Second Interview (13 March 2015): Academic Career - Third Interview (22 May 2015): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Between January and May 2015 Professor Cornish was interviewed three times, to record his reminiscences of over forty years of research and teaching in Oxford, LSE and Cambridge. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle. The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings: - First Interview (12 January 2015): Early Years - Second Interview (13 March 2015): Academic Career - Third Interview (22 May 2015): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Professor Harold Hongju Koh was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2018-2019. Professor Koh was interviewed on 28 May 2019 in his room in Christ's College. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
Judge Crawford was interviewed on 3 and 4 May 2018, in his office at The Hague. Audio recordings are available on the Squire Law Library website with transcript of those recordings: - Part 1: Early Life and Career (3 May 2018); - Part 2: Scholarly Works (4 May 2018). For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Judge Crawford was interviewed on 3 and 4 May 2018, in his office at The Hague. Audio recordings are available on the Squire Law Library website with transcript of those recordings: - Part 1: Early Life and Career (3 May 2018); - Part 2: Scholarly Works (4 May 2018). For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Professor Sir John Laws was interviewed by Lesley Dingle on 15 June 2017, at the Goodhart Lodge. This recording supports the entry in the Eminent Scholars Archive at: https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive/professor-sir-john-laws For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Between February and March 2017 Professor Baker was interviewed three times in the Faculty to record his reminiscences as a legal historian. His scholarship of the history of the common law spans nearly half a century at UCL and Cambridge, and culminated in the Downing Chair, and a knighthood. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings: - First Interview (22 February 2017): Early Life - Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career - Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Between February and March 2017 Professor Baker was interviewed three times in the Faculty to record his reminiscences as a legal historian. His scholarship of the history of the common law spans nearly half a century at UCL and Cambridge, and culminated in the Downing Chair, and a knighthood. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings: - First Interview (22 February 2017): Early life - Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career - Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Between February and March 2017 Professor Baker was interviewed three times in the Faculty to record his reminiscences as a legal historian. His scholarship of the history of the common law spans nearly half a century at UCL and Cambridge, and culminated in the Downing Chair, and a knighthood. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings: - First Interview (22 February 2017): Early Life - Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career - Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Professor Cheryl Saunders is Laureate Professor Emeritus at Melbourne Law School, and Founding Director of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the University of Melbourne and was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2005-2006. Professor Saunders was interviewed on 12 September 2016, in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
Professor Tony Smith was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2015-2016. Professor Smith was interviewed for the second time on 20 July 2016 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Professor Tony Smith was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2015-2016. Professor Smith was interviewed for the first time on 19 January 2016 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
Professor David Dyzenhaus was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2014-2015. Professor Dyzenhaus was interviewed for the second time on 20 July 2015 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive
In this video Professor Bill Cornish, Emeritus Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law at the University of Cambridge (1990 - 2004), discusses his book 'The Jury' published by Penguin Books Ltd in March 1971. Professor Cornish was interviewed by Lesley Dingle in the Squire Law Library on Thursday 29 May 2015, as part of his entry into the Eminent Scholars Archive. The full entry, including interviews, biography, bibliography and photographs can be found at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/ The Eminent Scholars Archive (ESA) is an expanding archive developed by the Squire Law Library at the University of Cambridge documenting the careers and achievements of eminent scholars associated with the Faculty of Law at the University.
On 8-9 May 2015 the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law hosted it's 4th Annual Conference, entitled "Developing Democracy: Conversations on Democratic Governance in International, European and Comparative Law". The opening keynote was delivered by Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC (President of the International Court of Justice 2006–2009) and was entitled 'Democracy and International Law'. Dame Rosalyn is introduced by Professor Marc Weller, Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law. The conference was kindly supported by the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Hart Publishing, the Cambridge Law Journal, Cambridge University Press and the Whewell Fund. For more information about the CJICL and the conference, please refer to http://cjicl.org.uk/
Dame Rosalyn Higgins was interviewed by Lesley Dingle on 14 March 2014 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
Professor David Dyzenhaus was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2014-2015. Professor Dyzenhaus was interviewed on 16 January 2015 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
Professor Gerald Postema was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2013-2014. He was interviewed initially in January 2014 in the Squire Law Library, while the present interview was held on June 30th 2014. Professor Postema looks back favourably over his teaching activities while in the Goodhart Chair. He also speaks of his researches into the papers of Sir Matthew Hale, on which he bases part of his Boutwood Lecture at Corpus Christi college. In particular, he elaborates on Hale’s interesting concept of Potestas Irritans, and how his research on Hale led him to the works of the 17th century Spanish legal philosopher Francisco Suárez. Professor Postema also gives some details of new insights into his long standing research into the writings and ideas of Jeremy Bentham. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
On 23 May 2014, Professor Philip Allott of the University of Cambridge addressed the Spring Conference of the International Law Association British Branch at the Inner Temple, London. This lecture was adapted and then re-recorded at the Faculty of Law on 3 June 2014, and it is this recording which is available here.
On 23 May 2014, Professor Philip Allott of the University of Cambridge addressed the Spring Conference of the International Law Association British Branch at the Inner Temple, London. This lecture was adapted and then re-recorded at the Faculty of Law on 3 June 2014, and it is this recording which is available here. This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.
Professor Leslie Ronald Zines was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 1992-1993. Professor Zines was interviewed at Lesley Dingle’s home in Newnham on 7th October 2011 , there being a power failure that day in the Law Faculty at Cambridge. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
On 23 May 2014, Professor Philip Allott of the University of Cambridge addressed the Spring Conference of the International Law Association British Branch at the Inner Temple, London.
Professor Gerald Postema was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2013-2014. Professor Postema was interviewed on 10 January 2014 in the Squire Law Library. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/
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