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READ, Professor James S (fl 1953-1997) Papers


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 1697 A.READ

Held at: Institute of Advanced Legal Studies

Title: READ, Professor James S (fl 1953-1997) Papers

Date(s): 1972-1975

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): Read | James S | fl 1953-1997 | Professor of Comparative Public Law

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

James Read graduated in Law from the University of London in 1953 and qualified as a barrister in 1954. He has been Assistant Lecturer in law at University College London (1956-1958), Lecturer in African Law, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) (1958-1965), Senior Lecturer in Law, the University College, Dar-es-Salaam (1963-1966), Reader in African Law, SOAS (1964-1975) and Professor of Comparative Public Law with special reference to Africa at SOAS from 1974. Professor Read was Joint Honorary Secretary of the United Kingdom National Committee of Comparative Law (1969-1973), Honorary Secretary of the Society of Public Teachers of Law (SPTL) (1972-1975) and Chairman of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (1977-1983). He was also a member of the Advisory Committee on Legal Education from its inception in 1971 until 1975, representing the SPTL.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of Professor James S Read, 1972-1975, consist of agenda, minutes, papers, reports and related correspondence of the Advisory Committee on Legal Education.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged chronologically by date.

Conditions governing access:

Closed until 2005.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright declaration form to be completed.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue available at the IALS and on-line at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/archives/read.htm

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

The records were appraised and listed by the Co-ordinator of the Records of Legal Education project in 1997.

Accruals:

No further accruals are expected.

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Professor Read in the Records of Legal Education Archives in 1997.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Annabel Dodds for RSLP AIM25 Project.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Aug 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Academic teaching personnel | Teachers | Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People
Lawyers | Legal profession
Legal education | Vocational education

Personal names
Read | James S | fl 1953-1997 | Professor of Comparative Public Law

Corporate names
Advisory Committee on Legal Education

Places