Credit: University of St Andrews

The University of St Andrews Law Journal features articles ranging from the impeachment of Warren Hastings, who laid the foundations of British rule in India, to the legalities surrounding the KGB’s pursuit of defectors and also the Gender Recognition Act.

Professor Caroline Humfress gives some background on the study of law at St Andrews in her foreword.

She writes: It is almost 600 years since the teaching of Civil Law was authorised (via papal approval) at the University of St Andrews. Legal and constitutional studies have a long and distinguished tradition here. The University’s alumni and honourees include James Wilson (1742 - 1798), one of the Founding Fathers of the United States appointed by George Washington to the US Supreme Court; Millicent Garrett Fawcett (1847-1929), leader of the Constitutional Women’s Suffrage Movement, awarded an LL.D from the University of St Andrews in 1899; and Elsie Howey (1884-1963), a Suffragette and activist with the Women’s Social and Political Union. 

“Since 1967 noone has graduated from the University of St Andrew’s with an LL.B, but we are exceptionally lucky to have a large and dedicated network of alumni who have gone on to study law elsewhere and to practice it professionally. Looking forwards - from the vantage point of 2020 - the future of legal and constitutional studies at the University of St Andrews looks exceptionally bright. This is due, in no small part, to the launch of the University of St Andrews Law Journal.”

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