John Millar Professor of Law

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John Millar Chair of Law
University of Glasgow
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Incumbent
Adam Tomkins
Formation1985
Named for John Millar
First holderThomas Bates
Website www.law.gla.ac.uk

The John Millar Chair of Law is a Professorship in Law at the University of Glasgow. It was founded in 1985 in honour of John Millar, the Scottish philosopher and Regius Professor of Law at the university from 1761 to 1800. [1]

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History

The current holder of the chair is Adam Tomkins, a leading constitutional scholar and noted republican, who has published several widely used textbooks in the areas of Public Law and Law and Government. He was preceded by Tony Prosser, an authority on Public and European Law and now Professor of Public Law at the University of Bristol. [2] Before Prosser, the chair was held by Martin Loughlin, now Professor of Public Law and head of the Department of Law at the London School of Economics. [3]

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Adam Tomkins is an academic and politician based in Scotland. He is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law and was elected a Member of the Scottish Parliament for Glasgow in the 2016 Scottish Parliament election. He is shadow cabinet secretary for communities, social security, the constitution and equalities. Until 2015 Tomkins was constitutional advisor to the House of Lords Constitution Committee. From 2015 he has acted as constitutional advisor to the Scotland Office and Secretary of State for Scotland David Mundell.

James Anthony William Prosser, usually known as Tony Prosser, is professor of public law at the University of Bristol, having previously been John Millar Professor of Law, at the University of Glasgow. His research focuses on legal aspects of regulation and privatisation.

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References

  1. ↑ "Law (John Millar Chair)". University of Glasgow. 10 April 2008. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. ↑ "Tony Prosser". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 7 April 2010. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  3. ↑ "Martin Loughlin". London School of Economics . Retrieved 18 March 2010.

See also

The School of Law at the University of Glasgow provides undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Law, and awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws, Master of Laws, LLM by Research, Master of Research (M.Res.) and Doctor of Philosophy, the degree of Doctor of Laws being awarded generally only as an honorary degree.

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