Neil MacCormick was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008.
20 Facts About Neil MacCormick
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Neil MacCormick was educated at the High School of Glasgow.
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Neil MacCormick graduated MA in philosophy and English literature at the University of Glasgow, before benefiting from a Snell Exhibition and taking the BA in jurisprudence at Balliol College, Oxford.
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Neil MacCormick was a lecturer in jurisprudence at the School of Law, University of Dundee from 1965 to 1967.
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Neil MacCormick was Leverhulme Research Professor at Edinburgh from 1997 to 1999, and from 2004 to 2008.
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Professor Neil MacCormick retired from the Regius Chair on 1 February 2008 after completing 36 years as professor at the University of Edinburgh.
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Neil MacCormick was accorded with the honour of a series of lectures in his name by the university's School of Law and delivered the School of Law's opening Tercentenary Lecture, introduced by former Lord President Lord Cullen, on 18 January 2007.
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Neil MacCormick continued thereafter in his role as President of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.
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Neil MacCormick was president of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy.
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Neil MacCormick was a member of the Broadcasting Council for Scotland, of the Economic and Social Research Council, of the Research Council of the European University Institute, and of the European Science Foundation, as well as of various government departmental committees inquiring into matters of public concern.
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Neil MacCormick stood for the SNP in the Edinburgh Pentlands constituency in 1983 and 1987, coming in fourth place both times.
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Neil MacCormick stood for Argyll and Bute in 1997 and came second.
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Neil MacCormick was elected a Member of the European Parliament, taking a leave of absence from the University of Edinburgh.
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Professor Neil MacCormick was a member of the Convention on the Future of Europe from 2002 to 2003, drafting the proposed Constitutional Treaty for the European Union.
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Neil MacCormick was voted Scottish Euro MP of the Year in 2001,2002 and 2003 at the Scottish Politician of the Year Awards, and retired from elected office in 2004 to complete his Leverhulme Research Professorship at Edinburgh.
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Neil MacCormick was elected vice president of the SNP in 1999 and remained in the position until 2004.
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In 2007 Neil MacCormick was appointed as a special advisor on Europe to the newly elected SNP-led Scottish Government.
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Neil MacCormick wrote numerous journal articles and books, concentrating both on Law in a European context and the philosophy of law.
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Neil MacCormick was an honorary fellow of Balliol College, Oxford and the recipient of honorary degrees from Queen's University, Uppsala University, University of Macerata and Saarland University, as well as from Glasgow University, Queen Margaret University and the University of Edinburgh.
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Just after retiring from his chair at the University of Edinburgh in 2008, Neil MacCormick was diagnosed with inoperable cancer.