Geoffrey Marshall 1929–2003

Geoffrey Marshall (1929–2003), a Fellow of the British Academy, was regarded by many as the greatest constitutional theorist Britain has seen since Albert Venn Dicey. He brought to the study of politics and the law the tools of analytical philosophy and jurisprudence developed at the University of Oxford, and showed that they could yield insights of permanent value in the analysis of the British constitution. He was born in Chesterfield, just before the advent to power of Ramsay MacDonald’s second Labour government. Marshall believed that there was a gap between the jurisdiction of the courts and that of Parliament, a gap within which the powers of ministers had grown unchecked, as had a host of administrative bodies created by statute. This gap, he argued, should be filled by the creation of an Ombudsman and the development of administrative law. Marshall was also a strong supporter of a Bill of Rights for Britain.

NONE, ONE OR SEVERAL? PERSPECTIVES ON THE UK’S CONSTITUTION(S)

10.1017/s0008197305006884 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 64 (2) ◽

pp. 329-351 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

David Feldman

Keyword(s):

Criminal Law ◽

Administrative Law ◽

Real Property ◽

The Past ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

University Of Cambridge ◽

Inaugural Lecture ◽

General Part ◽

The Law ◽

AN inaugural lecture is the occasion when the University of Cambridge can look its gift horse in the mouth, weighing the new professor in the balance against his or her distinguished predecessors. The Rouse Ball Professorship of English Law has been held in the past by a long series of distinguished scholars, from Sir Percy Winfield to my immediate predecessor, Sir Jack Beatson whom we are delighted to welcome back today. Their work has influenced generations of lawyers. They certainly influenced me. Before I encountered Criminal Law: The General Part, a great little volume by Professor Glanville Williams, Learning the Law, was my “Guide, Philosopher and Friend” (as it still says on the cover of the latest edition, now edited by my colleague Professor Tony Smith) as I approached the study of law. Another Rouse Ball Professor, the late Sir William Wade, had a formative effect on my understanding of land law and administrative law both through his famous books, Megarry and Wade on the Law of Real Property (now edited by a former Fellow of Downing College, Dr. Charles Harpum) and Administrative Law (now in the hands of my colleague Dr. Christopher Forsyth), not to mention the lectures that I attended as an undergraduate in (softly be it said) the University of Oxford.

The Law of Contract. Fifth edition. By G. C. Cheshire, d.c.l., f.b.a., of Lincoln's Inn, Barrister-at-Law, Sometime Vinerian Professor of English Law in the University of Oxford, and C. H. S. Fifoot, m.a., f.b.a., of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, Reader in Common Law to the Council of Legal Education. [London: Butterworth & Co. (Publishers) Ltd. 1960. xlix, 561 and (index) 41 pp. 50s. net.]

10.1017/s000819730001028x ◽

1961 ◽

Vol 19 (1) ◽

pp. 124-127

Author(s):

L. S. Sealy

Keyword(s):

Common Law ◽

Legal Education ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

English Law ◽

The Law ◽

An Outline of the Law of Evidence. By Rupert Cross, d.c.l., Vinerian Professor of English Law in the University of Oxford, and Nancy Wilkins, of Gray's Inn, Barrister-at-Law. [London: Butterworths. 1964. xxxv and 244 pp. £1 7s. 6d. net.]

10.1017/s000819730011414x ◽

1965 ◽

Vol 23 (1) ◽

pp. 141-142

Author(s):

R. N. Gooderson

Keyword(s):

University Of Oxford ◽

English Law ◽

The Law ◽

Law Of Evidence ◽

Systems of the Law of Nations: State Responsibility, Part 1. By Ian Brownlie, q.c, d.c.l., f.b.a., Chichele Professor of International Law in the University of Oxford, Fellow of All Souls College. [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1983. xvi, 294 and (Index) 8 pp. Hardback £25·00 net.]

10.1017/s0008197300115466 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 44 (2) ◽

pp. 312-313

Author(s):

Christopher Greenwood

Keyword(s):

International Law ◽

State Responsibility ◽

Oxford University ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

Law Of Nations ◽

The Law ◽

The University ◽

Oxford University Press

From Oxford to Williamsburg: Part 1 – The University of Oxford, Faculty of Law and Bodleian Law Library

Legal Information Management ◽

10.1017/s1472669612000643 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 284-289 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ruth Bird

Keyword(s):

The United States ◽

Law School ◽

Bodleian Library ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

History Of ◽

History Of Law ◽

History Of The University ◽

The Law ◽

The University ◽

Law Library

AbstractThe Bodleian Law Library has only existed as an entity in its own right for less than 50 years. Yet part of the collection dates back to the days before the founding of the Bodleian Library in 1602. The rise and fall in fortunes of the teaching of law at Oxford is closely tied to the establishment of the law library. A lesser known aspect of the history includes the ties between Oxford and the United States, especially its oldest law school, William and Mary Law School. In this paper, Ruth Bird offers a brief history of the University of Oxford and then looks at the history of law teaching, before moving on to the evolution of the Law Library itself, and some links with our cousins across the pond.

The Law of Agency. By Raphael Powell, m.a., b.c.l. (Oxon.) of the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law; Reader in Law in the University of London. [London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd. 1952. xliv and 339 and (index) 15 pp. 40s. net.] - The Principles of Agency. By Harold Greville Hanbury, d.c.l. Vinerian Professor of English Law in the University of Oxford, Fellow of All Souls College; Hon. Fellow of Lincoln College; Hon. Master of the Bench of the Inner Temple. [London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd. 1952. xviii and 231 and (index) 5 pp. 25s. net.]

10.1017/s0008197300006656 ◽

1953 ◽

Vol 11 (3) ◽

pp. 505-506

Author(s):

T. E. L.

Keyword(s):

University Of Oxford ◽

English Law ◽

The Law ◽

The University ◽

Lincoln College

An Introduction to the Law of Contract. Third edition. By P. S. Atiyah, D.C.L., F.B.A., Professor of English Law and Fellow of St. John's College in the University of Oxford. (Clarendon Law Series). [Oxford: Clarendon Press: Oxford University Press. 1981. x, 306 and (Index) 9 pp. Hardback, £15$00 net.]

10.1017/s0008197300109006 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 41 (2) ◽

pp. 396-398

Author(s):

John McMullen

Keyword(s):

Oxford University ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

English Law ◽

The Law ◽

The University ◽

Oxford University Press

The Law Quarterly Review. Edited by A. L. Goodhart, D.C.L., LL.D., Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Oxford. Jubilee Number, 1885–1935. 01, 1935. London: Stevens & Sons, Ltd.262 pp. (7s. 6d. net.)

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1935 ◽

Vol 5 (3) ◽

pp. 421-422

Author(s):

D. T. O.

Keyword(s):

University Of Oxford ◽

Quarterly Review ◽

The Law ◽

The Law of Property. Second edition. By F. H. Lawson, Formerly Professor of Comparative Law in the University of Oxford and Bernard Rudden, Professor of Comparative Law in the University of Oxford. (Clarendon Law Series.) [Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1982. ix, 235 and (Index) 11 pp. Paperback, £6·95 net.]

10.1017/s0008197300109493 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 42 (1) ◽

pp. 174-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. W. A. Thornely

Keyword(s):

Comparative Law ◽

Oxford University ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

The Law ◽

The University ◽

Oxford University Press

The Society of Public Teachers of Law – the first seventy-five years

Legal Studies ◽

10.1111/j.1748-121x.1983.tb00422.x ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 3 (3) ◽

pp. 231-247 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Philip H. Pettit

Keyword(s):

Trade Union ◽

London School ◽

Legal Studies ◽

University Of Oxford ◽

English Law ◽

The Law ◽

London School Of Economics ◽

The One ◽

The University ◽

Regius Professor

I shall not attempt to give more than the briefest summary of the founding of the Society, for the story has already been ably told by someone with first-hand knowledge, namely, A. D. Bowers, Emeritus Member, Extraordinary, of the Society, whose account appears in the June 1959 issue of the Journal. It is not clear whether the originator of the idea of the Society's foundation was Edward Jenks, then Principal and Director of Legal Studies to The Law Society and later first holder of the Chair of English Law at the London School of Economics, or Henry Goudy, Regius Professor of the University of Oxford. What is clear, however, is that Jenks was the one who really got things moving. Indeed in the early days the Society was apparently sometimes referred to as ‘Jenks’ Trade Union’, to Jenks’ disgust.