READ, Professor James S (fl 1953-1997) Papers
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1697 A.READ |
Held at | : Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/library/archives › |
Full title | : READ, Professor James S (fl 1953-1997) Papers |
Date(s) | : 1972-1975 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds of Records of Legal Education Archives
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Extent | : 1 box |
Name of creator(s) | : Read | James S | fl 1953-1997 | Professor of Comparative Public Law |
Detailed catalogue | : Click here to view repository detailed catalogue |
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 & 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.
Finding aids:
Detailed catalogue available at the IALS and on-line at http://ials.sas.ac.uk/archives/read.htm
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Deposited by Professor Read in the Records of Legal Education Archives in 1997.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
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
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