Neil MacCormick - Wikipedia Neil MacCormick From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Professor Sir Neil MacCormick FBA FRSE QC Member of the European Parliament for Scotland In office 10 June 1999 – 10 June 2004 Preceded by Position established Succeeded by Alyn Smith Personal details Born (1941-05-27)27 May 1941 Glasgow, Scotland Died 5 April 2009(2009-04-05) (aged 67) Edinburgh, Scotland Nationality Scottish Political party Scottish National Party Spouse(s) Caroline Rona Barr Flora Margaret Britain (née Milne) Relations John MacCormick (father) Iain MacCormick (brother) Children 3 daughters Residence Edinburgh Alma mater University of Glasgow; Balliol College, Oxford, University of Oxford Sir Donald Neil MacCormick QC FBA FRSE (27 May 1941 – 5 April 2009) was a Scottish legal philosopher and politician. He was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008. He was a Member of the European Parliament 1999–2004, member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, and officer of the Scottish National Party. Contents 1 Life and academic career 2 Political career 3 Academic works 4 Honours and awards 5 Illness and death 6 Podcast Recording 7 References 8 External links Life and academic career[edit] MacCormick was born in Glasgow on 27 May 1941, the son of one of the SNP's founders, John MacCormick.[1] He was educated at the High School of Glasgow. He graduated MA in Philosophy and English Literature at the University of Glasgow, before benefiting from a Snell Exhibition and taking the BA in Jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford.[2] At Oxford, MacCormick came under the influence of Professor H. L. A. Hart, and developed an interest in legal philosophy. In 1982 he was awarded the research degree of LLD by the University of Edinburgh. MacCormick was a lecturer in jurisprudence at the School of Law, University of Dundee (which was attached to University of St Andrews at that time) from 1965–67. Following this, he was a fellow and tutor in jurisprudence, Balliol College, Oxford 1968–1972, and thereafter held the Regius Chair of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh. He was also Leverhulme Research Professor at Edinburgh from 1997–1999, and from 2004–2008. In addition, he held the position of Dean of Law Faculty between 1973–76 and was sometime Provost of the Faculty Group of Law and Social Science, and Vice-Principal for International Affairs. Professor MacCormick retired from the Regius Chair on 1 February 2008 after completing 36 years as professor (and later senior professor) at the University of Edinburgh. He was accorded with the honour of a series of lectures in his name by the university's School of Law and delivered the School of Law's opening Tercentenary Lecture, introduced by former Lord President Lord Cullen, on 18 January 2007. He gave his final lecture as Regius Professor, entitled 'Just Law', on Monday 28 January 2008. He continued thereafter in his role as President of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy. He was president of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.[3] MacCormick was a member of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland, of the Economic and Social Research Council, of the Research Council of the European University Institute, and of the European Science Foundation, as well as of various government departmental committees inquiring into matters of public concern. Political career[edit] MacCormick stood for the SNP in the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency in 1983 and 1987, coming in fourth place both times. He stood for Argyll and Bute in 1997 and came second.[4] In September 1998 he was selected by delegates at the SNP's conference as a candidate for the 1999 European Parliament elections.[5] He was elected a Member of the European Parliament, taking a leave of absence from the University of Edinburgh. Professor MacCormick was a member of the Convention on the Future of Europe from 2002–2003, drafting the proposed Constitutional Treaty for the European Union. He was voted Scottish Euro MP of the Year in 2001, 2002 and 2003 at the Scottish Politician of the Year Awards, and retired from elected office in 2004 to complete his Leverhulme Research Professorship at Edinburgh. He was elected vice president of the SNP in 1999 and remained in the position until 2004.[6] In 2007 MacCormick was appointed as a special advisor on Europe to the newly elected SNP-led Scottish Government.[7] Academic works[edit] MacCormick wrote numerous journal articles and books, concentrating both on Law in a European context and the philosophy of law. Works such as Legal Right and Social Democracy: Essays in Legal and Political Philosophy (1984), Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory (1978), Rhetoric and The Rule of Law (2005) and Institutions of Law (2007) all convey his particular brand of legal philosophy. Legal Reasoning and Legal Theory answers many of the Dworkinian critiques of the Hartian conception of law, and it is seen by some as showing a middle ground between the two. His final book was Practical Reason in Law and Morality (2008)[8] Honours and awards[edit] In 1999, MacCormick was appointed Queen's Counsel 'honoris causa', and was knighted in the Queen's Birthday Honours in 2001 in recognition of services to scholarship in Law.[9] In 2004 he was a recipient of the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Royal Gold Medal for Outstanding Achievement.[10] He was the recipient of honorary degrees from Queen's University (Canada), Uppsala University (Sweden), University of Macerata (Italy) and Saarland University (Germany), as well as from Glasgow University, Queen Margaret University and the University of Edinburgh. Illness and death[edit] Just after retiring from his chair at the University of Edinburgh in 2008, MacCormick was diagnosed with inoperable cancer.[11] Professor MacCormick died on 5 April 2009.[6] Podcast Recording[edit] "Scottish Politics Today" audio recording / podcast. Recorded on October 12, 2005, in the office of Professor Neil MacCormick at Edinburgh University. Donald Neil MacCormick Scottish Politics Today References[edit] ^ "Professor Sir Neil MacCormick, Legal academic and politician". The Scotsman. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 19 June 2016. ^ MacCormick, Neil (15 February 1965). "Glasgow style and Oxford Manners". The Glasgow Herald. p. 10. Retrieved 1 June 2016. ^ Dorsey, Kristy (10 December 2007). "Law professor still doing his job justice". The Herald. Retrieved 19 June 2016. ^ "Vote 2001: Results & Constituencies: Argyll & Bute". BBC News. Retrieved 15 June 2017. ^ "SNP chooses Euro candidates". BBC News. 24 September 1998. Retrieved 15 December 2016. ^ a b "Prominent SNP figure dies aged 67". BBC News. 6 April 2009. Retrieved 24 January 2010. ^ "Advocate becomes Salmond adviser". BBC News. 30 May 2007. Retrieved 24 January 2010. ^ Bjarup, Jes (2009). "Natural Law, Practical Reason and Autonomous Persons — A Critical Review of Neil MacCormick: Practical Reason in Law and Morality". Archiv für Rechts- und Sozialphilosophie (ARSP) (Archives for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy). 95 (3): 428–439. ^ "Birthday honours 2001: Honours in Scotland". BBC News. 15 June 2001. Retrieved 15 June 2017. ^ "Royal Medal awards". The Scotsman. 3 September 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2017. ^ Pendreigh, Brian (5 October 2008). "Premiere brings Stone of Destiny home to dying son of 'King John'". The Scotsman. Retrieved 19 June 2016. External links[edit] Professor Neil Walker's eulogy to Neil MacCormick at www.law.ed.ac.uk Edinburgh Legal Theory Research Group, Law School, University of Edinburgh Obituary, Daily Telegraph, 6 April 2009 Obituary, The Times, 6 April 2009 Obituary, The Guardian, 7 April 2009 profile at European Parliament v t e Former Scottish National Party MEPs Former SNP MEPs Christian Allard Heather Anderson Winnie Ewing Ian Hudghton Allan Macartney Neil MacCormick Aileen McLeod Alyn Smith v t e Jurisprudence Legal theory Critical legal studies Comparative law Economic analysis Legal norms International legal theory Legal history Philosophy of law Sociology of law Philosophers Alexy Allan Aquinas Aristotle Austin Beccaria Bentham Betti Bickel Blackstone Bobbio Bork Brożek Cardozo Castanheira Neves Chafee Coleman Del Vecchio Durkheim Dworkin Ehrlich Feinberg Fineman Finnis Frank Fuller Gardner George Green Grisez Grotius Gurvitch Habermas Han Hart Hegel Hobbes Hohfeld Hägerström Jellinek Jhering Kant Kelsen Köchler Kramer Llewellyn Lombardía Luhmann Lundstedt Lyons MacCormick Marx Nussbaum Olivecrona Pashukanis Perelman Petrażycki Pontes de Miranda Posner Pound Puchta Pufendorf Radbruch Rawls Raz Reale Reinach Renner Ross Rumi Savigny Scaevola Schauer Schmitt Shang Simmonds Somló Suárez Tribe Unger Voegelin Waldron Walzer Weber Wronkowska Ziembiński Znamierowski Theories Analytical jurisprudence Deontological ethics Fundamental theory of canon law Interpretivism Legalism Legal moralism Legal positivism Legal realism Libertarian theories of law Natural law Paternalism Utilitarianism Virtue jurisprudence Concepts Dharma Fa Judicial interpretation Justice Legal system Li Rational-legal authority Usul al-Fiqh Related articles Law Political philosophy Index Category Law portal Philosophy portal WikiProject Law WikiProject Philosophy changes Authority control BNE: XX1010183 BNF: cb12279587p (data) CANTIC: a10116588 GND: 111057558 ISNI: 0000 0001 0915 5074 LCCN: n82004396 NDL: 00534836 NKC: vse2008462592 NTA: 070800375 PLWABN: 9810614579605606 SNAC: w6x761mc SUDOC: 031614833 VIAF: 73914412 WorldCat Identities: lccn-n82004396 Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Neil_MacCormick&oldid=997603964" Categories: 1941 births 2009 deaths People from Glasgow People educated at the High School of Glasgow Alumni of the University of Glasgow Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of Edinburgh Academics of the University of St Andrews Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Fellows of the British Academy Knights Bachelor MEPs for Scotland 1999–2004 Queen's Counsel 1901–2000 Jurisprudence academics Scottish National Party MEPs Scottish knights Scottish legal scholars Scottish philosophers Scottish Queen's Counsel Legal scholars of the University of Oxford Honorary Queen's Counsel Presidents of the Oxford Union 20th-century philosophers Hidden categories: Use dmy dates from April 2012 EngvarB from June 2017 Wikipedia articles with BNE identifiers Wikipedia articles with BNF identifiers Wikipedia articles with CANTIC identifiers Wikipedia articles with GND identifiers Wikipedia articles with ISNI identifiers Wikipedia articles with LCCN identifiers Wikipedia articles with NDL identifiers Wikipedia articles with NKC identifiers Wikipedia articles with NTA identifiers Wikipedia articles with PLWABN identifiers Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers Wikipedia articles with SUDOC identifiers Wikipedia articles with VIAF identifiers Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers Navigation menu Personal tools Not logged in Talk Contributions Create account Log in Namespaces Article Talk Variants Views Read Edit View history More Search Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Donate Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Tools What links here Related changes Upload file Special pages Permanent link Page information Cite this page Wikidata item Print/export Download as PDF Printable version Languages مصرى 日本語 Polski Português Română Slovenščina Svenska Edit links This page was last edited on 1 January 2021, at 10:26 (UTC). 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