Draft:Barber Professor of Jurisprudence

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The Barber Professor of Jurisprudence is one of the oldest professorships at the University of Birmingham, UK. It is awarded to a scholar whose work makes exceptional contributions to public law, widely conceived.

Nestor Cambier's Portrait of Lady Barber (1916)

The Chair was created in 1935 by Martha Constance Hattie Barber, wife of Sir Henry Barber, 1st Baronet.[1] It is one of four professorships in the University funded by the Henry Barber Trust.[2]

The current Barber Professor of Jurisprudence is Professor Fiona de Londras (2024-).[3] She succeeded Prof. Anthony Arnull KC following his retirement.

Former holders of the chair are:

  1. Archibald H Campbell (1935-1945)[4]
  2. Owen Hood Phillips (1946-1974)[1]
  3. Ben-Zion Beinart (1974/5-1979)[5]
  4. Geoffrey Hand (1980-1992)[6]
  5. David Feldman (1992-2000)[7]
  6. Andrew Le Sueur (2001-2006)[8]
  7. Robert Sullivan (2006)[9]
  8. Colin Warbrick (2006-2008)[10]
  9. Anthony Arnull (2008-2022)[11]

References

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  1. ^ "Professor Fiona de Londras appointed to the Barber Chair of Jurisprudence". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  2. ^ "THE HENRY BARBER TRUST - Charity 528917". register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  3. ^ "Professor Fiona de Londras appointed to the Barber Chair of Jurisprudence". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  4. ^ "Campbell, Archibald Hunter, 1902-1989 (legal scholar, Professor of Public law, Dean of the Faculty of Law) | University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections". archives.collections.ed.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  5. ^ Stein, P. G. (May 1980). "A tribute to Professor Ben-Zion Beinart". The Journal of Legal History. 1 (1): 4–5. doi:10.1080/01440368008530704. ISSN 0144-0365.
  6. ^ Brand, Paul (2017). "OBITUARY: Geoffrey J. Hand (1931–2016)". Analecta Hibernica (48): xx–xxii. ISSN 0791-6167. JSTOR 44982050.
  7. ^ "Professor David Feldman | Faculty of Law". www.law.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  8. ^ "Andrew Le Sueur | University of Essex". www.essex.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  9. ^ UCL (2017-09-11). "Prof Bob Sullivan". UCL Faculty of Laws. Retrieved 2024-02-11.
  10. ^ "International Law and Power: Perspectives on Legal Order and Justice - Essays in Honour of Colin Warbrick". 2009-12-31. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  11. ^ "Professor Anthony Arnull". University of Birmingham. Retrieved 2024-02-11.