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ALAN PATERSON was selected to deliver the Hamlyn Lectures 2010 instead of the original choice, his friend Professor Neil MacCormick, inset, who died in April last year. "He was my supervisor when I did my doctorate at Oxford, so there was a link," he says.
Scots academics have been largely notable by their absence in delivering the Hamlyn Lectures. Prof Paterson is only the second Scottish-based academic (Professor Sir TB Smith was the first in 1961) chosen to give the lectures, established in 1948 by Emma Hamlyn, who had a far-sighted belief in public legal education. Over the years, the lectures have been delivered by leading judges and academics.See the full content of this document
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The Man Behind the Lectures
Prof Paterson says: "It's a great honour - but it's also a big challenge to deliver three such detailed lectures - they are turned into a book for Cambridge U...
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