Public Law
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The Chair of Public Law was founded in 1707, as one of the reforms spearheaded by William Carstares (1649-1715) as Principal of Edinburgh University.
Professors of Public Law
- 1707 - Charles Erskine (1680-1763)
- 1734 - William Kirkpatrick (1705-1778)
- 1735 - George Abercromby (1705-1800)
- 1759 - Robert Bruce (1718-1785)
- 1764 - James Balfour (1705-1795)
- 1779 - Allan Maconochie (1748-1816)
- 1796 - Robert Hamilton (1763-1831)
From 1831, the Chair lay in abeyance until it was reconstituted in 1862.
- 1862 - James Lorimer (1818-1890)
[[Neil Walker]
Sources
- Alexander Bower, The History of the University of Edinburgh. 3 vols. Edinburgh, 1817-1830.
- Andrew Dalzel, History of the University of Edinburgh from its Foundation, 2 vols (Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1862)
- Roger L. Emerson, Academic Patronage in the Scottish Enlightenment: Glasgow, Edinburgh and St Andrews Universities (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008)
- Sir Alexander Grant, The Story of the University of Edinburgh during its First Three Hundred Years, 2 vols (London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1884)