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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…

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    Conversations with Mrs Cherry Hopkins: Conversation #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2024 60:00


    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

    Conversations with Mrs Cherry Hopkins: Conversation #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2023 66:00


    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

    Conversations with Professor Campbell McLachlan: Conversation #2

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2023 79:00


    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

    Conversations with Professor Campbell McLachlan: Conversation #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2023 57:34


    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

    Conversations with Christopher Forsyth #4: Scholarly Works

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 65:00


    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

    Conversations with Christopher Forsyth #3: Career Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 61:00


    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

    Conversations with Christopher Forsyth #2: Career Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 73:00


    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

    Conversations with Christopher Forsyth #1: Early Life and Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2022 77:00


    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

    Conversations with Christopher Greenwood #3: Scholarly Works

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 86:00


    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

    Conversations with Christopher Greenwood #2: LSE, ICJ and Master of Magdalene

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 53:42


    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

    Conversations with Christopher Greenwood #1: Early Life and Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2022 68:00


    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

    Conversations with Emeritus Professor John Rason Spencer Part 3: Scholarly works

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 91:00


    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

    Conversations with Emeritus Professor John Rason Spencer Part 2: University Career and Retirement

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 81:00


    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

    Conversations with Emeritus Professor John Rason Spencer Part 1: Early Life and Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 78:00


    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

    Conversation with Professor Rochell C Dreyfuss

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2020 102:00


    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/

    Conversations with David Yale #2: Scholarly Works

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 56:47


    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/

    Conversations with David Yale #1: Early Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 116:00


    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/

    Conversations with William Cornish #3: Scholarly works

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 86:00


    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

    Conversations with William Cornish #2: Academic Career

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 85:00


    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

    Conversations with William Cornish #1: Early Years

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 80:00


    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

    Conversation with Professor Harold Hongju Koh

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2019 113:00


    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/

    Conversations with Judge James Crawford: Part 1: Early Life and Career (3 May 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2018 104:00


    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

    Conversations with Judge James Crawford: Part 2: Scholarly Works (4 May 2018)

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2018 115:00


    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

    Conversation with Professor Sir John Laws

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2017 52:38


    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

    Conversations with John Baker #3: Scholarly works

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2017 122:00


    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

    Conversations with John Baker #1: Early life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2017 77:00


    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

    Conversations with John Baker #2: Academic Career

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2017 80:00


    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

    Conversation with Professor Cheryl Saunders

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2016 30:40


    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/

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    Conversation #2 with Professor Tony Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 26, 2016 84:00


    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

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    Conversation #1 with Professor Tony Smith

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2016 68:00


    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

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    Conversation #2 with Professor David Dyzenhaus

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2015 29:25


    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

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    Conversation with Professor Bill Cornish (Introduction)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2015 6:26


    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.

    'Democracy and International Law': Dame Rosalyn Higgins

    Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2015 47:28


    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/

    Conversation with Dame Rosalyn Higgins

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2015 166:00


    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/

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    Conversation with Professor David Dyzenhaus

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2015 65:00


    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/

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    Second Conversation with Professor Gerald Postema

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2014 36:59


    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/

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    'The Idealist's Dilemma: Re-imagining International Society' - Philip Allott

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2014 29:32


    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.

    'The Idealist's Dilemma: Re-imagining International Society' - Philip Allott (audio)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2014 29:29


    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.

    Conversation with Professor Leslie Ronald Zines

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2014 57:56


    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/

    'The Idealist's Dilemma' - Philip Allott

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2014 21:50


    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.

    Conversation with Professor Gerald Postema

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2014 63:00


    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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    Philip Allott: 'The True Function of Education'

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2014 71:00


    Plato began the discussion about the purpose of education. Each succeeding age has given its own answers. Now it is our turn.

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