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Prof Lindsay Farmer

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Professor of Law (Law)

telephone: 01413304181
email: Lindsay.Farmer@glasgow.ac.uk

Lindsay Farmer joined the School of Law in 1999. He studied law at the University of Edinburgh before doing an M.Phil. in Criminology at the University of Cambridge and a Ph.D. at the European University Institute in Florence. He has previously held teaching posts at the University of Strathclyde, and at Birkbeck College, University of London, where he helped establish a new LLB course. He has spent time as a visiting fellow at the Center for Law and Society in the University of California at Berkeley.

His publications include Criminal Law, Tradition and Legal Order. Crime and the Genius of Scots Law 1747 to the Present (Cambridge 1997); (with A. Duff, S. Marshall & V. Tadros) The Trial on Trial. Vol.III Towards a Normative Theory of the Criminal Trial (Hart Publishing 2007); and ( ed. with M.D. Dubber), Modern Histories of Crime and Punishment (Stanford UP, 2007).

Lindsay is Editor-in-Chief of the journal New Criminal Law Review. He is on the editorial boards of Criminal Law and Philosophy, Law and Humanities, and Law, Culture and the Humanities.

His broad areas of research interest are criminal law, legal history and legal theory. He is currently working on AHRC funded interdisciplinary project on Criminalization (2008-2012) with colleagues at the Universities of Stirling and Warwick (more information.) The first collection of papers from the project, entitled Boundaries of the Criminal Law, will be published by Oxford University Press in 2010. Further volumes will follow in 2011 and 2012.

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Other Roles

Lindsay is the Deputy Head of the School of Law and the School Research Offcier.

He is also a member of the AHRC Peer Review College

Lindsay is willing to supervise any doctoral students whose proposed work falls within his areas of research interest.

Research Interests

Criminal law and legal theory, particularly critical criminal law. History of criminal law (especially post-1800). Development of theories of responsibility (post-1800). Development of the criminal trial and its relation to substantive law. Theories of the criminal trial. Law and social theory.

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Number of items: 45.

2012

Veitch, S., Christodoulidis, E. , and Farmer, L. (2012) Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts. Routledge-Cavendish, London, UK. ISBN 9780415679725 (In Press)

Farmer, L. (2012) W.E. Vaughan, 'Murder Trials in Ireland, 1836-1914'; Eleanor Gordon and Gwyneth Nair, 'Murder and Morality in Victorian Britain: the Story of Madeleine Smith': Reviews. Edinburgh Law Review, 16 (1). pp. 143-145. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2012.0099)

Farmer, L. (2012) Of treatises and textbooks: the literature of criminal law in nineteenth century Britain. In: Dubber, M. and Fernandez, A. (eds.) Law Books in Action. Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 145-164. (In Press)

Farmer, L. (2012) Paul D. Halliday: Habeas Corpus. From England to Empire. Criminal Law and Philosophy . ISSN 1871-9791 (doi:10.1007/s11572-012-9141-5) (In Press)

Farmer, L. (2012) Public trials and secret justice. In: Sarat, A., Douglas, L. and Umphrey, M.M. (eds.) Secrets of Law. Stanford University Press, Palo Alto, CA. ISBN 9780804782593 (In Press)

Farmer, L. (2012) Scots criminal law. In: Mulhern, M. (ed.) Law: A Compendium of Scottish Ethnology. Series: Scottish Life and Society . Tuckwell Press / European Ethnological Research Centre, East Linton, UK, pp. 177-190. (In Press)

2011

Duff, R.A., Farmer, L., Marshall, S.E., Renzo, M. and Tadros, V., (Eds.) (2011) The Structures of Criminal Law. Series: Criminalization. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199644315

Duff, R.A., Farmer, L. , Marshall, S.E., Renzo, M., and Tadros, V. (2011) Introduction. In: Duff, R.A., Farmer, L., Marshall, S.E., Renzo, M. and Tadros, V. (eds.) The Structures of Criminal Law. Series: Criminalization . Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199644315

Farmer, L. (2011) Disgust, respect, and the criminalization of offense. In: Cruft, R., Kramer, M.H. and Reiff, M.R. (eds.) Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility: The Jurisprudence of Antony Duff. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 273-291. ISBN 9780199592814

2010

Farmer, Lindsay (2010) Criminal Wrongs in Historical Perspective. In: Duff, R. A., Farmer, Lindsay, Marshall, SE, Renzo, M and Tadros, V (eds.) The Boundaries of the Criminal Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 214-237. ISBN 9780199600557

Duff, R.A., Farmer, L., Marshall, S.E., Renzo, M. and Tadros, V., eds. (2010) The Boundaries of the Criminal Law. Series: Criminalization series . Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, p. 275. ISBN 9780199600557

Chalmers, J, Leverick, Fiona and Farmer, Lindsay, (Eds.) (2010) Essays in Criminal Law in Honour of Sir Gerald Gordon. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748640706

Duff, R.A., Farmer, L. , Marshall, S. E., Renzo, M., and Tadros, V. (2010) Introduction: the boundaries of the criminal law. In: Duff, R.A., Farmer, L., Marshall, S.E., Renzo, M. and Tadros, V. (eds.) The Boundaries of the Criminal Law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 1-26. ISBN 9780199600557

Farmer, Lindsay (2010) Time and Space in Criminal Law. New Criminal Law Review, 13 (2). pp. 333-356. (doi:10.1525/nclr.2010.13.2.333)

Farmer, Lindsay (2010) The Idea of Principle in Scots Criminal Law. In: Chalmers, J, Leverick, Fiona and Farmer, Lindsay (eds.) Essays in Criminal Law in Honour of Sir Gerald Gordon. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law (8). Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh, pp. 86-102. ISBN 9780748640706

2009

Farmer, L (2009) Mercy and Criminal Justice; a reply to Antony Duff. Criminal Justice Scotland, Nov . pp. 1-4.

Farmer, L (2009) Trials. In: Sarat, A, Anderson, M and Frank, CO (eds.) Law and the Humanities: An Introduction. Cambridge University Press, pp. 455-477. ISBN 9780521899055

Farmer, L. (2009) "Practical, but nonetheless principled"? MacAngus and Kane. Edinburgh Law Review, 13 (3). pp. 502-507. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/E1364980909000651)

2007

Farmer, L (2007) With the impressiveness and substantial value of truth: Notable Trials and Criminal Justice, 1750-1930. Law and Humanities, 1 (1). pp. 57-78. ISSN 1752-1483

Veitch, S., Christodoulidis, E. , and Farmer, L. (2007) Jurisprudence: Themes and Concepts. Routledge-Cavendish, London, UK. ISBN 9781859418154

2006

Duff, A., Farmer, L., Marshall, S. and Tadros, V., (Eds.) (2006) The Trial on Trial. Volume 2: Judgment and Calling to Account. Series: The Trial on Trial. Hart, Oxford. ISBN 9781841135427

Farmer, L (2006) Tony Martin and the Nightbreakers:Criminal Law, Victims and the Power to Punish. In: Armstrong, S. and McAra, L. (eds.) Perspectives on Punishment. Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 49-67. ISBN 0199278768

2004

Duff, A., Farmer, L., Marshall, S. and Tadros, V., (Eds.) (2004) The Trial on Trial. Volume 1: Truth and Due Process. Series: The Trial on Trial. Hart, Oxford. ISBN 9781841134420

Christodoulidis, E (2004) The Objection that Cannot Be Heard: Communication and Legitimacy in the Courtroom. In: Duff, A., Farmer, Lindsay, Marshall, S. and Tadros, V. (eds.) The Trial on Trial Volume 1: Truth and Due Process. Hart, Oxford, pp. 179-202. ISBN 978-1841134420

2003

Farmer, L (2003) Criminal Law Theory: Doctrines of the General Part; Edited by Stephen Shute and A.P. Simester.: Review. Legal Studies, 23 (2). pp. 369-371. ISSN 0261-3875

Farmer, L (2003) Enigma: Decoding the Draft Criminal Code. Scottish Law and Practice Quarterly, 7 . pp. 68-80. ISSN 1360-7782

Farmer, L (2003) Notable Trials and the Criminal Law in Scotland and England 1750-1900. In: Chassaigne, P. and Genet, P. (eds.) Droit et Societe en France et Grande Bretagne (XII-XX siecles). Publications de la Sorbonne , Paris, pp. 149-170. ISBN 2859444882

Farmer, L (2003) Review: John Barrell, Imagining the King's Death. Rechtgeschichte, 2 . pp. 193-194.

Farmer, L (2003) Whose Trial? Comments on A Theory of the Trial. Law and Social Enquiry, 28 (2). pp. 547-552. ISSN 0897-6546

Farmer, L (2003) The end of legal unemployment. Or, why devolution is good for lawyers. The Drouth . pp. 12-16.

2002

Farmer, L (2002) Integrating a Victim Perspective within Criminal Justice. International Debates; Edited by Adam Crawford and Jo Goodey: Review. Social and Legal Studies, 11 (1). pp. 142-143. ISSN 0964-6639

2001

Farmer, L (2001) Habermas on Law and Democracy Critical Changes;Edited by Michael Rosenfeld: Review. Social and Legal Studies, 9 (4). pp. 583-586. ISSN 0964-6639

Farmer, L (2001) Philosophy and the criminal law: principle and critique;Edited by Antony Duff.: Review. Modern Law Review, 63 (2). pp. 315-316. ISSN 0026-7961

Farmer, L (2001) Review: Lawyers, Legislators and Theorists. Developments in English Criminal Jurisprudence. Law and History Review . pp. 447-449.

Farmer, L. (2001) Under the Shadow over Parliament House. The Strange Case of Legal Nationalism in Scotland. In: Farmer, Lindsay and Veitch, S. (eds.) The State of Scots Law. Law and Government after the Devolution Settlement. Butterworths. ISBN 406944520

Veitch, S (2001) Transititional Jurisprudence in the United Kingdom: A Very Scottish Coup? In: Farmer, Lindsay and Veitch, S. (eds.) The State of Scots Law: Law and Government After the Devolution Settlement. Butterworths, Edinburgh, pp. 119-141. ISBN 406944520

2000

Farmer, L (2000) Advocacy and the Making of the Adversarial Criminal Trial 1800-1865 David J.A. Cairns: Review. Law Quarterly Review, 116 (Jan). pp. 169-171. ISSN 0023-933X

Farmer, L (2000) The Criminous and the Incriminating: Narratives of Guilt and Innocence in Scottish Criminal Trials. Juridical Review, (5). pp. 285-304. ISSN 0022-6785

Farmer, L (2000) Reconstructing the English Codification Debate: The Criminal Law Commissioners 1833-45. Law and History Review, 18 (2). pp. 397-425. ISSN 0738-2480

Farmer, L (2000) The principle of codification we recommend has never yet been understood: A Response. Law and History Review, 18 (2). pp. 441-444. ISSN 0738-2480

1999

Farmer, L. (1999) Debatable land: an essay on the relationship between English and Scottish criminal law. Edinburgh Law Review, 3 (1). pp. 32-56. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.1999.3.1.32)

1998

Farmer, L (1998) The Law of the Land: Criminal Jurisdiction 1747-1908. In: Rush, P., McVeigh, S. and Young, A. (eds.) Criminal Legal Doctrine. Ashgate, pp. 63-83. ISBN 1855219697

Farmer, L (1998) Scholars of the law: English jurisprudence from Blackstone to Hart; Richard A. Cosgrove:Review. Social and Legal Studies, 7 (2). pp. 294-297. ISSN 0964-6639