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Vinerian Professor of English Law

Index Vinerian Professor of English Law

The Vinerian Professorship of English Law, formerly Vinerian Professorship of Common Law, was established by Charles Viner who by his will, dated 29 December 1755, left about £12,000 to the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford, to establish a Professorship of the Common Law in that University, as well as a number of Vinerian scholarships and readerships. [1]

22 relations: A. V. Dicey, Andrew Ashworth, Canon law, Charles Viner (jurist), Common law, Geoffrey Cheshire, Guenter Treitel, Harold Hanbury, Hugh Collins, Inns of Court, John Robert Kenyon, List of professorships at the University of Oxford, Magdalene, New Inn Hall, Philip Williams (lawyer), Richard Wooddeson, Robert Chambers (English judge), Rupert Cross, University of Oxford, William Blackstone, William Martin Geldart, William Searle Holdsworth.

A. V. Dicey

Albert Venn Dicey, KC, FBA (4 February 1835 – 7 April 1922), usually cited as A. V. Dicey, was a British jurist and constitutional theorist.

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Andrew Ashworth

Andrew John Ashworth, CBE, QC (Hon), FBA (born 11 October 1947) was the Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford from 1997 to 2013, a Fellow of All Souls College, and was formerly Chairman of the Sentencing Advisory Panel before it was abolished in 2010.

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Canon law

Canon law (from Greek kanon, a 'straight measuring rod, ruler') is a set of ordinances and regulations made by ecclesiastical authority (Church leadership), for the government of a Christian organization or church and its members.

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Charles Viner (jurist)

Charles Viner (1678–1756) was an English jurist, known as the author of Viner's Abridgment, and the benefactor of the Vinerian chair and the Vinerian Scholarship at the University of Oxford.

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Common law

Common law (also known as judicial precedent or judge-made law, or case law) is that body of law derived from judicial decisions of courts and similar tribunals.

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Geoffrey Cheshire

Geoffrey Chevalier Cheshire, FBA (27 June 1886 – 27 October 1978) was an English barrister, scholar and influential writer on law.

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Guenter Treitel

Sir Guenter Heinz Treitel, QC, FBA, DCL (born 1928) is a German-born English academic and retired Vinerian Professor of English Law.

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Harold Hanbury

Harold Greville Hanbury (19 June 1898 at Compton Verney House, Warwickshire – 12 March 1993 at Pinetown, Natal, South Africa) was Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford from 1949 to 1964.

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Hugh Collins

Hugh Collins FBA (born 21 June 1953) is the Vinerian Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford and a fellow of All Souls College.

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Inns of Court

The Inns of Court in London are the professional associations for barristers in England and Wales.

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John Robert Kenyon

John Robert Kenyon (13 January 1807 at Pradoe, Shropshire – 17 April 1880 in Pradoe) was a British lawyer and academic.

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List of professorships at the University of Oxford

This is a list of professorships at the University of Oxford.

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Magdalene

Magdalene or Magdalen may refer to.

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New Inn Hall

New Inn Hall was one of the earliest medieval Halls of the University of Oxford.

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Philip Williams (lawyer)

Philip Williams (1780–1843) was an English lawyer and academic in the University of Oxford.

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Richard Wooddeson

Richard Wooddeson (1745–1822) was an English jurist, Vinerian Professor of English Law from 1777.

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Robert Chambers (English judge)

Sir Robert Chambers (14 January 1737–9 May 1803), was a jurist, Vinerian Professor of English Law, and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Judicature at Fort William in Bengal.

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Rupert Cross

Sir Alfred Rupert Neale Cross,, DCL (15 June 1912 in Chelsea, London – 12 September 1980, Oxford) was a prominent English lawyer and academic.

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University of Oxford

The University of Oxford (formally The Chancellor Masters and Scholars of the University of Oxford) is a collegiate research university located in Oxford, England.

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William Blackstone

Sir William Blackstone (10 July 1723 – 14 February 1780) was an English jurist, judge and Tory politician of the eighteenth century.

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William Martin Geldart

William Martin Geldart (7 June 1870 – 12 February 1922) was a British jurist.

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William Searle Holdsworth

Sir William Searle Holdsworth (7 May 1871 – 2 January 1944), was Vinerian Professor of English Law at Oxford University and a legal historian, amongst whose works is the 17 volume History of English Law.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinerian_Professor_of_English_Law

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