The James Wood Lecture 2019: “Democracy as a European (Convention) Value”
The James Wood Lecture 2019: “Democracy as a European (Convention) Value”
The James Wood Lecture
Date: Thursday 24 October 2019
Time: 17:30 - 19:00
Venue: Senate Room, Main Building
Category: Academic events
Speaker: Tim Eicke QC, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights
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The 33rd annual James Wood Lecture will be delivered by Tim Eicke QC, Judge of the European Court of Human Rights, on the topic “Democracy as a European (Convention) Value”.
Tim Eicke, a graduate of the Universities of Passau and Dundee, practiced as a barrister in London before being appointed as the UK’s judge at the European Court of Human Rights in 2016, having been appointed a QC in 2011. He is the co-author of Human Rights Damages (2001).
The James Wood Lecture is the principal public lecture hosted annually by the University of Glasgow School of Law, having first been delivered by Lord Fraser of Tullybelton in 1987. Recent James Wood lecturers have included Eleanor Sharpston QC, Professor Dame Hazel Genn, Lord Sumption and Ian Forrester QC. It is generously supported by the James Wood Bequest Fund.
The lecture will be followed by a wine reception.
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