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The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. The lecture series is hosted by the Centre for Public Law (CPL).

The Cambridge Faculty of Law has a long tradition of outstanding scholarship in Constitutional and Administrative Law as can be seen from the contributions of E.C.S. Wade, Stanley de Smith and Sir William Wade. Today a significant number of Faculty members continue to have research interests in these fields and in the area of regulation and regulatory systems. The main aim of the CPL is to promote research in the area of public law, and to develop into a research centre of national and international reputation.

For more information about the David Williams Lectures, and the CPL, please see the CPL website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/

This collection is a home for audio recordings of the Sir David Williams Lectures. A separate video podcast feed is also available.

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The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University. The lecture series is hosted by the Centre for Public Law (CPL).

The Cambridge Faculty of Law has a long tradition of outstanding scholarship in Constitutional and Administrative Law as can be seen from the contributions of E.C.S. Wade, Stanley de Smith and Sir William Wade. Today a significant number of Faculty members continue to have research interests in these fields and in the area of regulation and regulatory systems. The main aim of the CPL is to promote research in the area of public law, and to develop into a research centre of national and international reputation.

For more information about the David Williams Lectures, and the CPL, please see the CPL website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/

This collection is a home for audio recordings of the Sir David Williams Lectures. A separate video podcast feed is also available.

    'Taking Power Seriously': The 2008 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    'Taking Power Seriously': The 2008 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    On Friday 16th May 2008, Dame Sian Elias delivered the 2008 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Taking Power Seriously".

    The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.

    More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:

    https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures/dame-sian-elias-taking-power-seriously

    The audio of this recording was enhanced for quality on 3 January 2024.

    • 1 hr 13 min
    'The Rule of Law': The 2006 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    'The Rule of Law': The 2006 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    On Thursday 16th November 2006, The Rt. Hon Lord Bingham of Cornhill KG, House of Lords delivered the 2006 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "The Rule of Law".

    The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.

    More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:

    https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures/rt-hon-lord-bingham-cornhill-kg-rule-law

    The audio of this recording was enhanced for quality on 3 January 2024.

    • 1 hr 10 min
    'Looking Beyond our Borders: The Value of a Comparative Perspective in Constitutional Adjudication': The 2005 Sir David Williams Lecture

    'Looking Beyond our Borders: The Value of a Comparative Perspective in Constitutional Adjudication': The 2005 Sir David Williams Lecture

    On Monday 9th May 2005, The Hon Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) delivered the 2005 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Looking Beyond our Borders: The Value of a Comparative Perspective in Constitutional Adjudication". Justice Ginsbury was introduced by Alison Richard, Vice-Chancellor of the University.

    The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.

    More information about this lecture (including a transcript which was subsequently published in the Cambridge Law Journal, 64(3), November 2005, pp. 575–592) is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:

    http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir_david_williams_lectures/

    The audio of this recording was enhanced for quality on 3 January 2024.

    • 56 min
    'Altered States: Federalism and Devolution at the 'Real' Turn of the Millennium': The 2001 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    'Altered States: Federalism and Devolution at the 'Real' Turn of the Millennium': The 2001 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    On 15th May 2001, the Hon Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the inaugural Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Altered States: Federalism and Devolution at the 'Real' Turn of the Millennium".

    The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.

    More information about this lecture, including a transcript, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir_david_williams_lectures/

    This entry provides an audio source for iTunes U.

    • 1 hr 4 min
    'Sovereignty at the Beginning of the 21st Century - Fundamental or Outmoded?': The 2003 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    'Sovereignty at the Beginning of the 21st Century - Fundamental or Outmoded?': The 2003 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    On 7 November 2003, Sir Kenneth Keith (Senior New Zealand Court of Appeal Judge) delivered the third Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "Sovereignty at the Beginning of the 21st Century - Fundamental or Outmoded?".

    The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.

    More information about this lecture, including a transcript, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:

    https://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures

    • 1 hr 2 min
    'The Craft of Constitutional Adjudication': The 2023 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    'The Craft of Constitutional Adjudication': The 2023 Sir David Williams Lecture (audio)

    On Thursday 5 May 2023, Professor Kat O'Regan (University of Oxford) delivered the 2023 Sir David Williams Lecture entitled "The Craft of Constitutional Adjudication".

    The Sir David Williams Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest lecturer in honour of Sir David Williams, Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of English Law and Emeritus Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University.

    More information about this lecture, including photographs from the event, is available from the Centre for Public Law website at:

    http://www.cpl.law.cam.ac.uk/sir-david-williams-lectures

    This entry provides an audio source for iTunes.

    • 51 min

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