Cambridge Law Eminent Scholars Archive Podcast

Conversations with Mrs Cherry Hopkins: Conversation #3

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 17 May 2024 17:14:00 +0000

This is the third interview with Mrs Charity (Cherry) Hopkins, Life Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge. Mrs Hopkins was interviewed for the third time on 14 February 2024 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire Law Library website at:

http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Mrs Cherry Hopkins: Conversation #2

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 09 Apr 2024 15:35:00 +0000

This is the second interview with Mrs Charity (Cherry) Hopkins, Life Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge. Mrs Hopkins was interviewed for the second time on 16 October 2023 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire Law Library website at:

http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Mrs Cherry Hopkins: Conversation #1

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 20 Dec 2023 17:43:00 +0000

This is the first interview with Mrs Charity (Cherry) Hopkins, Life Fellow of Girton College, University of Cambridge. Mrs Hopkins was interviews for the first time on 13 September 2023 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire Law Library website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Professor Campbell McLachlan: Conversation #2

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 12 Dec 2023 17:06:00 +0000

Professor Campbell McLachlan was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2022-2023. Professor McLachlan was interviewed for the second time on 13 September 2023 at the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Professor Campbell McLachlan: Conversation #1

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 19 Sep 2023 17:32:00 +0000

Professor Campbell McLachlan was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2022-2023. Professor McLachlan was interviewed for the first time on 19 June 2023 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Christopher Forsyth #4: Scholarly Works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:16:00 +0000

Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1

- Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2

- Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Christopher Forsyth #3: Career Part 2

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:15:00 +0000

Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1

- Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2

- Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Christopher Forsyth #2: Career Part 1

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:15:00 +0000

Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1

- Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2

- Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Christopher Forsyth #1: Early Life and Career

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 04 Jul 2022 15:14:00 +0000

Between April and June 2022 Professor Forsyth was interviewed four times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

**Please note due to technical problems, the audio quality of this interview is very poor**

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (28 April 2022): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (11 May 2022): Career Part 1

- Third Interview (17 May 2022): Career Part 2

- Fourth Interview (7 June 2022): Scholarly Works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Christopher Greenwood #3: Scholarly Works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 14:58:00 +0000

Between November 2021 and February 2022 Sir Greenwood was interviewed three times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (16 November 2021): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (23 November 2021): LSE, ICJ and Master of Magdalene

- Third Interview (1 February 2022): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Christopher Greenwood #2: LSE, ICJ and Master of Magdalene

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:44:00 +0000

Between November 2021 and February 2022 Sir Greenwood was interviewed three times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (16 November 2021): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (23 November 2021): LSE, ICJ and Master of Magdalene

- Third Interview (1 February 2022): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Christopher Greenwood #1: Early Life and Career

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 28 Mar 2022 17:42:00 +0000

Between November 2021 and February 2022 Sir Greenwood was interviewed three times. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (16 November 2021): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (23 November 2021): LSE, ICJ and Master of Magdalene

- Third Interview (1 February 2022): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-law-eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Emeritus Professor John Rason Spencer Part 3: Scholarly works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 15:01:00 +0000

This is an interview with the thirty-third entrant in the Eminent Scholars Archive. John Spencer was Lecturer and Professor in Law at Selwyn College from 1973 to 2013. He is Hon QC, CBE, and was Faculty Chairman 1995-97. The interview was recorded online from Professor Spencer’s home in Norfolk.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (20 November 2020): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (15 January 2021): University Career and Retirement

- Third Interview (26 February 2021): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Emeritus Professor John Rason Spencer Part 2: University Career and Retirement

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:59:00 +0000

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (20 November 2020): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (15 January 2021): University Career and Retirement

- Third Interview (26 February 2021): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Emeritus Professor John Rason Spencer Part 1: Early Life and Career

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:56:00 +0000

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (20 November 2020): Early Life and Career

- Second Interview (15 January 2021): University Career and Retirement

- Third Interview (26 February 2021): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversation with Professor Rochell C Dreyfuss

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 29 May 2020 11:36:00 +0000

Professor Rochell C Dreyfuss was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science for the academic years 2019-20. She was interviewed by video from the Goodhart Lodge on 28th April 2020.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with David Yale #2: Scholarly Works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:12:00 +0000

Mr David Yale was interviewed by Mrs Lesley Dingle on 26 November 2019, in his home in Porthmadog, Snowdonia.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with David Yale #1: Early Life

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 20 Feb 2020 11:12:00 +0000

Mr David Yale was interviewed by Mrs Lesley Dingle on 26 November 2019, in his home in Porthmadog, Snowdonia.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with William Cornish #3: Scholarly works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:22:00 +0000

Between January and May 2015 Professor Cornish was interviewed three times, to record his reminiscences of over forty years of research and teaching in Oxford, LSE and Cambridge. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (12 January 2015): Early Years

- Second Interview (13 March 2015): Academic Career

- Third Interview (22 May 2015): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with William Cornish #2: Academic Career

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:21:00 +0000

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (12 January 2015): Early Years

- Second Interview (13 March 2015): Academic Career

- Third Interview (22 May 2015): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with William Cornish #1: Early Years

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 05 Sep 2019 12:19:00 +0000

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (12 January 2015): Early Years

- Second Interview (13 March 2015): Academic Career

- Third Interview (22 May 2015): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversation with Professor Harold Hongju Koh

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 10:06:00 +0000

Professor Harold Hongju Koh was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2018-2019. Professor Koh was interviewed on 28 May 2019 in his room in Christ's College.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Judge James Crawford: Part 1: Early Life and Career (3 May 2018)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:41:00 +0000

Judge Crawford was interviewed on 3 and 4 May 2018, in his office at The Hague.

Audio recordings are available on the Squire Law Library website with transcript of those recordings:

- Part 1: Early Life and Career (3 May 2018);

- Part 2: Scholarly Works (4 May 2018).

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with Judge James Crawford: Part 2: Scholarly Works (4 May 2018)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:55:00 +0000

Judge Crawford was interviewed on 3 and 4 May 2018, in his office at The Hague.

Audio recordings are available on the Squire Law Library website with transcript of those recordings:

- Part 1: Early Life and Career (3 May 2018);

- Part 2: Scholarly Works (4 May 2018).

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversation with Professor Sir John Laws

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 16 Nov 2017 10:44:00 +0000

Professor Sir John Laws was interviewed by Lesley Dingle on 15 June 2017, at the Goodhart Lodge.

This recording supports the entry in the Eminent Scholars Archive at: https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive/professor-sir-john-laws

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with John Baker #3: Scholarly works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:29:00 +0000

Between February and March 2017 Professor Baker was interviewed three times in the Faculty to record his reminiscences as a legal historian. His scholarship of the history of the common law spans nearly half a century at UCL and Cambridge, and culminated in the Downing Chair, and a knighthood. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (22 February 2017): Early Life

- Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career

- Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with John Baker #1: Early life

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 15:29:00 +0000

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (22 February 2017): Early life

- Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career

- Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversations with John Baker #2: Academic Career

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 17 May 2017 14:52:00 +0000

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (22 February 2017): Early Life

- Second Interview (10 March 2017): Academic Career

- Third Interview (31 March 2017): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at https://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

P.J. Allott: Welcome to Eutopia!

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:11:00 +0000

On 20 January 2017, Professor Allott addressed the the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL) as part of their regular Friday lunchtime lecture series.

In July 2016, Professor Allott published Eutopia. New Philosophy and New Law for a Troubled World. That book uses the 500th anniversary of Thomas More’s Utopia (1516) as the starting-point for a similar overview of the present and possible future state of the human world, including the human world at the global level. This talk draws attention to the essential features of this personal summa philosophica.

Conversation with Professor Cheryl Saunders

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 07 Dec 2016 15:32:00 +0000

Professor Cheryl Saunders is Laureate Professor Emeritus at Melbourne Law School, and Founding Director of the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at the University of Melbourne and was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2005-2006. Professor Saunders was interviewed on 12 September 2016, in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversation #2 with Professor Tony Smith

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:28:00 +0000

Professor Tony Smith was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2015-2016. Professor Smith was interviewed for the second time on 20 July 2016 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversation #1 with Professor Tony Smith

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 16:59:00 +0000

Professor Tony Smith was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2015-2016. Professor Smith was interviewed for the first time on 19 January 2016 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

Conversation #2 with Professor David Dyzenhaus

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 06 Nov 2015 15:18:00 +0000

Professor David Dyzenhaus was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2014-2015. Professor Dyzenhaus was interviewed for the second time on 20 July 2015 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent-scholars-archive

'Democracy and International Law': Dame Rosalyn Higgins

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 12 May 2015 14:03:00 +0000

On 8-9 May 2015 the Cambridge Journal of International and Comparative Law hosted it's 4th Annual Conference, entitled "Developing Democracy: Conversations on Democratic Governance in International, European and Comparative Law".

The opening keynote was delivered by Dame Rosalyn Higgins DBE QC (President of the International Court of Justice 2006–2009) and was entitled 'Democracy and International Law'. Dame Rosalyn is introduced by Professor Marc Weller, Director of the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law.

The conference was kindly supported by the Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), the Centre for European Legal Studies (CELS), Hart Publishing, the Cambridge Law Journal, Cambridge University Press and the Whewell Fund.

For more information about the CJICL and the conference, please refer to http://cjicl.org.uk/

Conversation with Dame Rosalyn Higgins

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 06 Mar 2015 10:21:00 +0000

Dame Rosalyn Higgins was interviewed by Lesley Dingle on 14 March 2014 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversation with Professor David Dyzenhaus

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 10:15:00 +0000

Professor David Dyzenhaus was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2014-2015. Professor Dyzenhaus was interviewed on 16 January 2015 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

P.J. Allott: Curing the Madness of the Intergovernmental World

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 22 Jul 2014 16:06:00 +0000

This lecture was given as the Alec Roche Lecture 2006 at New College, Oxford, under the title 'The Idea of International Society'.

Professor Allott re-recorded the lecture on 8 July 2014 at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge.

If the intergovernmental world of diplomacy and war and international politics is re-classified under the category of 'madness', that might help us to understand better the scale of the challenge that we face in trying to re-make that world in the light of the age-old idea of the natural social unity of all-humanity.

Second Conversation with Professor Gerald Postema

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 15:32:00 +0000

Professor Gerald Postema was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2013-2014. He was interviewed initially in January 2014 in the Squire Law Library, while the present interview was held on June 30th 2014. Professor Postema looks back favourably over his teaching activities while in the Goodhart Chair. He also speaks of his researches into the papers of Sir Matthew Hale, on which he bases part of his Boutwood Lecture at Corpus Christi college. In particular, he elaborates on Hale’s interesting concept of Potestas Irritans, and how his research on Hale led him to the works of the 17th century Spanish legal philosopher Francisco Suárez. Professor Postema also gives some details of new insights into his long standing research into the writings and ideas of Jeremy Bentham.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

'The Idealist's Dilemma: Re-imagining International Society' - Philip Allott (audio)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:28:00 +0000

On 23 May 2014, Professor Philip Allott of the University of Cambridge addressed the Spring Conference of the International Law Association British Branch at the Inner Temple, London.

This lecture was adapted and then re-recorded at the Faculty of Law on 3 June 2014, and it is this recording which is available here.

'The Idealist's Dilemma' - Philip Allott

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 12:00:00 +0000

On 23 May 2014, Professor Philip Allott of the University of Cambridge addressed the Spring Conference of the International Law Association British Branch at the Inner Temple, London.

Conversation with Professor Leslie Ronald Zines

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 09 Jun 2014 11:10:00 +0000

Professor Leslie Ronald Zines was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 1992-1993. Professor Zines was interviewed at Lesley Dingle’s home in Newnham on 7th October 2011 , there being a power failure that day in the Law Faculty at Cambridge.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversation with Professor Gerald Postema

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 15:50:00 +0000

Professor Gerald Postema was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2013-2014. Professor Postema was interviewed on 10 January 2014 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Philip Allott: 'The True Function of Education'

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 13 Feb 2014 13:00:00 +0000

Plato began the discussion about the purpose of education. Each succeeding age has given its own answers. Now it is our turn.

'Greece: A State With Weak Institutions, in Crisis': Professor Spyridon Flogaitis

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:24:00 +0000

On Thursday 31st October 2013, Professor Spyridon Flogaitis of the University of Athens spoke at an event held at Wolfson College in association with the Wolfson Law Society.

Professor Flogaitis has a Degree in Law (Hon), from the Athens University (1973), a Docteur en Droit (Summa cum laude) from the University of Paris II (Pantheon-Assas) (1978), a Docteur en Histoire (Summa cum laude) from the University of Paris I (Pantehon-Sorbonne), and a Diplome de l’Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, IVeme Sction–Histoire et Philologie. He is Doctor honoris causa, at the National School of Political Science and Public Administration, Bucarest and at the Faculty of Law, University of Lisbon.

Professor Flogaitis is also a Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur (French Republic), and Cavalliere del’Ordine di Merito (Italian Republic). He is currently a Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Athens; Director of the European Public Law Organization (Greece); Attorney at Law at the High Court and the Council of State (Greece); and member of the Appeals Board of the European Space Agency.

He was former President of the United Nations Administrative Tribunal (UNAT), former Minister of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (Aug-Sept. 2007); and former Minister of Interior (Aug-Sept. 2009).

Conversation with Professor Spyridon Flogaitis

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 15:48:00 +0000

This is the sixth interview for the Eminent Scholars Archive with an incumbent of the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor of Legal Science. Professor Flogaitis is Professor of Administrative Law at the University of Athens.

An the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Len Sealy #2: Published Works and Retirement

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:27:00 +0000

In February and April 2013 Professor Sealy was interviewed twice at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of nearly sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College.

An the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (15 February 2013): Early Years and the Faculty;

- Second Interview (22 April 2013): Published Works and Retirement.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Len Sealy #1: Early Years and the Faculty

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 17:26:00 +0000

An the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (15 February 2013): Early Years and the Faculty;

- Second Interview (22 April 2013): Published works and retirement.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

'The EU and the Decline of European Civilisation' - Professor Philip Allott: CELS Seminar (Audio)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 07 May 2013 14:44:00 +0000

Professor Philip Allott, of the University of Cambridge, gave a lunchtime seminar entitled "The EU and the Decline of European Civilisation" on Tuesday 7th May 2013 at the Faculty of Law as a guest of CELS (the Centre for European Legal Studies).

This lecture should be read in conjunction with the paper available to download from http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/events/weekly_cels_seminars_2012-2013.php

For more information see the CELS website at http://www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/

Conversations with Professor Philip James Allott #2: The Foreign Office years (1960-1973)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 11:10:00 +0000

Between February and April 2011 Professor Allott was interviewed five times at his room off stairway F at Trinity College to record his reminiscences of almost sixty years of a varied career which was spent initially in various capacities at the FCO, and in later years in the Faculty of Law at Cambridge. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

These interviews were recorded and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (18 February 2011): Early Years (1937-1963)

- Second Interview (22 February 2011): The Foreign Office years (1960-1973)

- Third Interview (8 March 2011): Return to Cambridge (1973-1980)

- Fourth Interview (15 April 2011): Cambridge (1980-2004), retirement (2004 - present) & scholarly works

- Fifth Interview (22 April 2011): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

'The True Nature of International Law' by Professor Philip Allott (audio)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 17:35:00 +0000

The Lauterpacht Centre for International Law (LCIL), University of Cambridge hosts a regular Friday lunchtime lecture series on key areas of International Law. Previous subjects have included UN peacekeeping operations, the advisory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice, the crime of aggression, whaling, children and military tribunals, and theories and practices for proving individual responsibility criminal responsibility for genocide and crimes against humanity.

This lecture, entitled 'The True Nature of International Law', was delivered at the Lauterpacht Centre on Friday 8 March 2013 by Professor Philip Allott, Emeritus Professor of International Public Law, University of Cambridge and chaired by Dr Sarah Nouwen.

Unusually for LCIL lectures, the question and answer section of this lecture has been retained.

For more information about the series, please see the Lauterpacht Centre website at http://www.lcil.cam.ac.uk

Conversations with Professor Philip James Allott #5: Scholarly works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 13:05:00 +0000

These interviews were recorded and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (18 February 2011): Early Years (1937-1963)

- Second Interview (22 February 2011): The Foreign Office years (1960-1973)

- Third Interview (8 March 2011): Return to Cambridge (1973-1980)

- Fourth Interview (15 April 2011): Cambridge (1980-2004), retirement (2004 - present) & scholarly works

- Fifth Interview (22 April 2011): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Philip James Allott #4: Cambridge (1980-2004), retirement (2004 - present) & scholarly works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:52:00 +0000

These interviews were recorded and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (18 February 2011): Early Years (1937-1963)

- Second Interview (22 February 2011): The Foreign Office years (1960-1973)

- Third Interview (8 March 2011): Return to Cambridge (1973-1980)

- Fourth Interview (15 April 2011): Cambridge (1980-2004), retirement (2004 - present) & scholarly works

- Fifth Interview (22 April 2011): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Philip James Allott #3: Return to Cambridge (1973-1980)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:50:00 +0000

These interviews were recorded and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (18 February 2011): Early Years (1937-1963)

- Second Interview (22 February 2011): The Foreign Office years (1960-1973)

- Third Interview (8 March 2011): Return to Cambridge (1973-1980)

- Fourth Interview (15 April 2011): Cambridge (1980-2004), retirement (2004 - present) & scholarly works

- Fifth Interview (22 April 2011): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Philip James Allott #1: Early Years (1937-1963)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:44:00 +0000

These interviews were recorded and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (18 February 2011): Early Years (1937-1963)

- Second Interview (22 February 2011): The Foreign Office years (1960-1973)

- Third Interview (8 March 2011): Return to Cambridge (1973-1980)

- Fourth Interview (15 April 2011): Cambridge (1980-2004), retirement (2004 - present) & scholarly works

- Fifth Interview (22 April 2011): Scholarly works

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversation with Professor Peter Frederic Cane

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Professor Peter Cane was the joint Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2011 - 2012. Professor Cane was interviewed on 10 July 2012 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Michael Prichard #3: Research Projects

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:07:00 +0000

In March 2012 Mr Prichard was interviewed three at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of over sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College.

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 March 2012): Early Years (1927-1950);

- Second Interview (8 March 2012): Gonville & Caius (post- 1950);

- Third Interview (16 March 2012): Research Projects.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Michael Prichard #2: Gonville & Caius (post- 1950)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:06:00 +0000

In March 2012 Mr Prichard was interviewed three at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of over sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College.

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 March 2012): Early Years (1927-1950);

- Second Interview (8 March 2012): Gonville & Caius (post- 1950);

- Third Interview (16 March 2012): Research Projects.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Michael Prichard #1: Early Years (1927-1950)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 24 May 2012 12:05:00 +0000

In March 2012 Mr Prichard was interviewed three at the Squire Law Library to record his reminiscences of over sixty years research and teaching in the Faculty of Law and Gonville & Caius College.

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 March 2012): Early Years (1927-1950);

- Second Interview (8 March 2012): Gonville & Caius (post- 1950);

- Third Interview (16 March 2012): Research Projects.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Jane Stapleton #1: Reflections on Becoming the Goodhart Professor

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 16:04:00 +0000

Professor Jane Stapleton was the joint Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2011 - 2012. Professor Stapleton was interviewed on 6 February 2012 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Sir Eli Lauterpacht #6: Sir Eli's recollections of some legal personalities

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:30:00 +0000

Between January and May 2008 Professor Sir Eli Lauterpacht was interviewed seven times to record his reminiscences of his association with the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

The interviews were recorded and the audio version is available on this website with transcripts of those recordings:

- First Interview (29 January 2008): Early years (1928-1940);

- Second Interview (7 March 2008): Time in the USA (1940-44) and career to 1962;

- Third Interview (13 March 2008): Recollections of The Sixties;

- Fourth Interview (20 March 2008): Recollections of The Eighties;

- Fifth Interview (28 March 2008): Recollections of The Nineties and the new Millenium;

- Sixth Interview (2 April 2008): Recollections of some legal personalities;

- Seventh Interview (30 May 2008): A postcript by Sir Eli to the interviews.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

The English Legal Methods Course - Professor Kurt Lipstein (audio)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:07:00 +0000

Professor Kurt Lipstein taught for many years on the English Legal Methods course, and on 17 July 2006 gave his last lecture on that course, and of his long and fruitful career. This is an audio recording of that lecture.

Professor Lipstein had been associated, in various capacities, with the Squire Law Library and the Faculty of Law at Cambridge University for over seventy years. A number of interviews with Professor Lipstein, and details of his academic career are available in the Eminent Scholars Archive. For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

The video of this lecture is available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAoG2u1bnPQ

Conversation with Judge Stephen M. Schwebel

Eminent Scholars Archive — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:34:00 +0000

Judge Stephen Myron Schwebel was interviewed by Lesley Dingle on 13 May 2009 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Justice Paul Finn #2: Reflections on his time as Goodhart Professor

Eminent Scholars Archive — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:21:00 +0000

Professor Justice Paul Finn, Judge of the Federal Court of Australia, was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2010 - 2011. Justice Finn was interviewed on 23 July 2011 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Justice Paul Finn #1: Reflections on Becoming the Goodhart Professor

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:35:00 +0000

Professor Justice Paul Finn was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2010 - 2011. Justice Finn was interviewed on 23 November 2010 in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Martti Koskenniemi #2: Reflections on his time as Goodhart Professor

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:38:00 +0000

Professor Koskenniemi was the Visiting Goodhart Professor of Legal Science for 2008 - 2009 and was interviewed on two occasions by Lesley Dingle. The first interview was held in the Squire Law Libary (December 2008), while the second was in the Goodhart Lodge (August 2009). In the interviews, Professor Koskenniemi reflects first on becoming the annual Goodhart Professor, and then at the end of his tenure on his experiences in the position, including some comments on publications that appeared during this time.

Martti Koskenniemi is Professor of International Law and Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 December 2008): Reflections on Becoming the Goodhart Professor;

- Second Interview (18 August 2009): Reflections on his time as Goodhart Professor.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Martti Koskenniemi #1: Reflections on Becoming the Goodhart Professor

Eminent Scholars Archive — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 09:38:00 +0000

Martti Koskenniemi is Professor of International Law and Director of the Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights at the University of Helsinki.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 December 2008): Reflections on Becoming the Goodhart Professor;

- Second Interview (18 August 2009): Reflections on his time as Goodhart Professor.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Sir Robin Auld #1: Reflections on Becoming the Goodhart Professor

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:57:00 +0000

Professor Sir Robin Auld was the Arthur Goodhart Visiting Professor in Legal Science for 2009 - 2010. He was a former Lord Justice of Appeal; Justice, Bermuda Court of Appeal; President, Solomon Islands Court of Appeal; and led a Commission of Inquiry into Governmental Corruption in the Turks & Caicos Islands. He is a Member of Lamb Chambers.

Sir Robin was interviewed on 9 December 2009, in the Squire Law Library.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Mr R.W.M Dias #3: Scholarly Work

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:35:00 +0000

Between January and March 2007 Mr Dias was interviewed three times at his home in Babraham Road, Cambridge, to record his reminiscences of nearly seventy years of his association with the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. He is one of the very few remaining scholars whose experiences extend to pre-Second World War times, and at the time of writing, he is the oldest living ex-member of the Faculty.

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (17 January 2007): Early Years – 1921-1951;

- Second Interview (23 February 2007): 1951-1981;

- Third Interview (13 March 2007): Scholarly Work.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Mr R.W.M Dias #2: The Period 1951-1981

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:34:00 +0000

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (17 January 2007): Early Years – 1921-1951;

- Second Interview (23 February 2007): 1951-1981;

- Third Interview (13 March 2007): Scholarly Work.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Mr R.W.M Dias #1: Early Years – 1921-1951

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:32:00 +0000

The interviews were recorded, and the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (17 January 2007): Early Years – 1921-1951;

- Second Interview (23 February 2007): 1951-1981;

- Third Interview (13 March 2007): Scholarly Work.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Toby Milsom #4: Professor Milsom's Published works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:17:00 +0000

Between October and December 2009, Professor Milsom was interviewed four times at his home in Newnham to record his reminiscences of over sixty years of an illustrious academic career, the majority of which was spent in the Faculty of Law at Cambridge.

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 October 2009): Early Years (1923-1955);

- Second Interview (6 November 2009): The Fifties & Sixties;

- Third Interview (20 November 2009): Cambridge - 1976 to present;

- Fourth Interview (11 December 2009): Professor Milsom's Published works.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Toby Milsom #3: Cambridge - 1976 to present

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:16:00 +0000

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 October 2009): Early Years (1923-1955);

- Second Interview (6 November 2009): The Fifties & Sixties;

- Third Interview (20 November 2009): Cambridge - 1976 to present;

- Fourth Interview (11 December 2009): Professor Milsom's Published works.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Toby Milsom #2: The Fifties & Sixties

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:15:00 +0000

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 October 2009): Early Years (1923-1955);

- Second Interview (6 November 2009): The Fifties & Sixties;

- Third Interview (20 November 2009): Cambridge - 1976 to present;

- Fourth Interview (11 December 2009): Professor Milsom's Published works.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Toby Milsom #1: Early Years (1923-1955)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:13:00 +0000

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (2 October 2009): Early Years (1923-1955);

- Second Interview (6 November 2009): The Fifties & Sixties;

- Third Interview (20 November 2009): Cambridge - 1976 to present;

- Fourth Interview (11 December 2009): Professor Milsom's Published works.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Peter Stein #3: Scholarly Work

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:07:00 +0000

Between July and November 2007 Professor Stein was interviewed three times in the Squire Law Libary, to record his reminiscences of sixty years of his association with the Faculty of Law at the University of Cambridge. The interviewer is Lesley Dingle.

An the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (5 July 2007): Early years (1926-1947);

- Second Interview (29 August 2007): Time at Cambridge (1951-1998);

- Third Interview (23 November 2007): Scholarly Work.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Peter Stein #2: Time at Cambridge (1951-1998)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:06:00 +0000

An the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (5 July 2007): Early years (1926-1947);

- Second Interview (29 August 2007): Time at Cambridge (1951-1998);

- Third Interview (23 November 2007): Scholarly Work.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Peter Stein #1: Early years (1926-1947)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:03:00 +0000

An the audio version is available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (5 July 2007): Early years (1926-1947);

- Second Interview (29 August 2007): Time at Cambridge (1951-1998);

- Third Interview (23 November 2007): Scholarly Work.

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor JA Jolowicz #3: Professor Jolowicz's Published works

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:50:00 +0000

Between January and April 2009 Professor Jolowicz was interviewed three times at his home at Barrington, near Cambridge to record his reminiscences of over sixty years of an illustrious academic career, the majority of which was spent in the Faculty of Law at Cambridge.

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (30 January 2009): Early Years (1926-1946)

- Second Interview (20 February 2009): Cambridge (1955 - present)

- Third Interview (17 April 2009): Professor Jolowicz's Published works

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor JA Jolowicz #2: : Cambridge (1955 - present)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:48:00 +0000

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (30 January 2009): Early Years (1926-1946)

- Second Interview (20 February 2009): Cambridge (1955 - present)

- Third Interview (17 April 2009): Professor Jolowicz's Published works

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor JA Jolowicz #1: Early Years (1926-1946)

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:46:00 +0000

Audio recordings are available on this website with transcript of those recordings:

- First Interview (30 January 2009): Early Years (1926-1946)

- Second Interview (20 February 2009): Cambridge (1955 - present)

- Third Interview (17 April 2009): Professor Jolowicz's Published works

For more information, see the Squire website at http://www.squire.law.cam.ac.uk/eminent_scholars/

Conversations with Professor Sir Eli Lauterpacht #7: A postscript by Sir Eli to the interviews

Eminent Scholars Archive — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 12:19:00 +0000