HAMLYN LECTURES

The links given on this page reflect the Hamlyn Lectures (1949-2004) page of the Website of University of Exeter.  The are freely available for non-commercial use as mentioned in the University Website.


 
Series  Year       
Title Lecturer
1 1949

Freedom under the Law

The Rt Hon Lord Denning
2 1950

The Inheritance of the Common Law

Richard O'Sullivan
3 1951

The Rational Strength of English Law

Professor F H Lawson
4 1952

English Law and the Moral Law

Professor A L Goodhart
5 1953

The Queen's Peace

Sir Carleton Kemp Allen
6 1954

Executive Discretion and Judicial Control

Professor C J Hamson
7 1955

The Proof of Guilt

Professor Glanville Williams
8 1956

Trial by Jury

The Rt Hon Lord Devlin
9 1957

Protection from Power under English Law

The Rt Hon Lord MacDermott
10 1958

The Sanctity of Contracts in English Law

Professor Sir David Hughes Parry
11 1959

Judge and Jurist in the Reign of Victoria

C H S Fifoot
12 1960

The Common Law in India

M C Setalvad
13 1961

British Justice: The Scottish Contribution

Professor Sir Thomas Smith
14 1962

Lawyer and Litigant in England

The Rt Hon Sir Robert Megarry
15 1963

Crime and the Criminal Law (parts 1 & 2 )

The Baroness Wootton of Abinger
16 1964

Law and Lawyers in the United States

Dean Erwin N Griswold
17 1965

New Law for a New World ?

The Rt Hon Lord Tanley
18 1966

Other People's Law

The Rt Hon Lord Kilbrandon
19 1967

The Contribution of English Law to South African Law: and the Rule of Law in South Africa

The Rt Hon O D Schreiner
20 1968

Justice in the Welfare State (parts 1 & 2 )

Professor H Street
21 1969

The British Tradition in Canadian Law

The Hon Bora Laskin
22 1970

The English Judge

Henry Cecil
23 1971

Punishment, Prison and the Public

Professor Sir Rupert Cross
24 1972

Labour and the Law

Professor Sir Otto Kahn-Freund
25 1973

Maladministration and its Remedies

Sir Kenneth Wheare
26 1974

English Law – the New Dimension

The Rt Hon Lord Scarman
27 1975

The Land and the Development; or, Turmoil and the Torment

Sir Desmond Heap
28 1976

The National Insurance Commissioners

Sir Robert Micklethwait
29 1977

The European Communities and the Rule of Law

Lord Mackenzie Stuart
30 1978

Liberty , Law and Justice

Professor Sir Norman Anderson
31 1979

Social History and Law Reform

Professor Lord McGregor of Durris
32 1980

Constitutional Fundamentals

Professor Sir William Wade
33 1981

Intolerable Inquisition? Reflections on the Law of Tax (parts 1 & 2 )

Hubert Monroe
34 1982

The Quest for Security: Employees, Tenants, Wives (parts 1 & 2 )

Professor Tony Honoré
35 1983

Hamlyn Revisted: The British Legal System Today

Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone
36 1984

The Development of Consumer Law and Policy – Bold Spirits and Timorous Souls

Sir Gordon Borrie
37 1985

Law and Order

Professor Ralf Dahrendorf
38 1986

The Fabric of English Civil Justice

Sir Jack Jacob
39 1987

Pragmatism and Theory in English Law

P S Atiyah
40 1988

Justification and Excuse in the Criminal Law

J C Smith
41 1989

Protection of the Public – A New Challenge

The Rt Hon Lord Justice Woolf
42 1990

The United Kingdom and Human Rights

Dr Claire Palley
43 1991

Introducing a European Legal Order

Gordon Slynn
44 1992

Speech & Respect

Professor Richard Abel
45 1993

The Administration of Justice

Lord Mackay of Clashfern
46 1994

Blackstone's Tower: The English Law School

Professor William Twining
47 1995

From the Tube to the Coffin: Choice and Regulation in Private Life

The Hon Mrs Justice Hale
48 1996

Turning Points of the Common Law

The Rt Hon The Lord Cooke of Thorndon 
49 1997

Commercial Law in the Next Millennium

Professor Roy Goode
50 1998

Freedom Law and Justice

The Rt Hon Lord Justice Sedley
51 1999

The State of Justice

Michael Zander QC
52 2000

Does the United Kingdom still have a Constitution?

Anthony King
53 2001

Human Rights, Serious Crime and Criminal Procedure

Andrew Ashworth QC
54 2002

Legal Conundrums in our Brave New World

Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws
55 2003

Judicial Activism

Hon Justice Michael Kirby
56 2004
Sir Bob Hepple QC
57
2005
Can Human Rights Survive? Professor Conor Gearty
58
2006
The Sovereignty of Law: the European Way Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG QC
59
2007
The Prisoners' Dilemma: Political Economy and Penal Populism in Contemporary Democracies Professor Nicola Lacey FBA
60
2008
Judging Civil Justice Professor Dame Hazel Genn DBE, CBE, QC
61
2009
Widening Horizons Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill
 

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