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The Hamlyn Trust
The Trustees are to include the Vice-Chancellor of the University of
Exeter, representatives of the Universities of London, Leeds, Glasgow,
Belfast and Wales and persons co-opted. At present there are
eight Trustees:
Professor J.A. Andrews, M.A., B.C.L.
Professor T.C. Daintith, M.A.
Professor D.S. Greer, LL.D., B.C.L. (Chairman)
Dr. D. Harrison, C.B.E, M.A., Ph.D., Sc.D., F.R.S.C, F.I.Chem.
E., F.Eng.
Professor B. Hogan, LL.B.
Professor A.I. Ogus, M.A., B.C.L.
Professor J.P. Grant, LL.M.
Professor D.E.C. Wedderburn, M.A., D. Litt.
From the outset it was decided that the Trust's objects could best be
achieved by means of an annual course of public lectures of
outstanding interest and quality by eminent Lecturers, and by their
subsequent publication and distribution to a wider audience. Details
of these Lectures are given on page vii. In recent years, however, the
Trustees have expanded their activities by organising supplementary
regional lecture tours and by setting up a "small grants" scheme to
provide financial support for other activities designed to further
public understanding of the law.
The forty-fourth series of lectures was delivered by Professor Abel
at the University of Wales College of Cardiff in December 1992. The
Trustees regret the delay in the publication of these Lectures, which
arose in part as a result of Professor Abel's decision to include
material not delivered in the original lectures and concern on the
part of the Trustees and the publishers that some of this material
might be regarded as objectionable or distasteful. In the event, it was
decided to accede to Professor Abel's request that the additional
material should be included in the published version of the Lectures
on the basis that readers will judge for themselves the appropriateness
of Professor Abel's decision, and, like the Trustees, become
involved in a practical way with an issue which is central to The
Lecturer's thesis.
February 1994 DESMOND GREER
Chairman of the Trustees
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