The James Wood Lecture 2021 – Free Speech and Hate Speech
Published: 8 October 2021
The 34th annual James Wood Lecture will be delivered by Professor Adam Tomkins, John Millar Chair of Public Law, on the topic “Free Speech and Hate Speech”. The event will take place on Thursday 28 October at 5.30pm and will be delivered online.
The 34th annual James Wood Lecture will be delivered by Professor Adam Tomkins on the topic “Free Speech and Hate Speech”. The event will take place on Thursday 28 October at 5.30pm and will be delivered online. The lecture will be followed by a Q&A session.
Adam Tomkins has held the John Millar Chair of Public Law at the University of Glasgow since 2003. He was a member of the Scottish Parliament from 2016 until 2021, and returned full-time to the University after standing down at the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. While an MSP, he was Convenor of the Justice Committee, during the period when it considered the legislation which became the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021.
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.
Please register for this Zoom online event via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/165396452241
First published: 8 October 2021