Hamlyn archives
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Archive from 2005
Archive pre 2005
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Series | Year | Title | Lecturer |
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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 of the Public – A New Challenge | 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 (Part 1 & Part 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 Sou | The Rt Hon O D Schreiner |
20 | 1968 | Justice in the Welfare State (Part 1 & Part 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.pdf | 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 (Part 1 & Part 2) | Hubert Monroe |
34 | 1982 | The Quest for Security: Employees, Tenants, Wives (Part 1 & Part 2) | Professor Tony Honoré |
35 | 1983 | Hamlyn Revisited: 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.pdf | 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 | Rights at work: Global, Europe and and British perspectives | Sir Bob Hepple QC |