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Hector MacQueen
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Retired Law professor still research-active, especially in legal history; but interested in other stuff too.

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Hector Lewis MacQueen is a Scottish academic, a senior scholar of Scots law and legal history, and a former member of the Scottish Law Commission. He is Professor of Private Law at the University of Edinburgh and a former Dean of its Faculty of Law. He is author, co-author and editor of a large number books on Scottish law and legal history, including the 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th editions of the standard text Gloag & Henderson Law of Scotland, and is former Literary Director of the Stair Society. Stetson University College of Law, Florida, appointedway. He is currently a member of the International Advisory Group for the JKLH-funded project, 'The Paradox of Medieval Scotland, 1093-1286'. In 1995 he became a Fellow of The Royal Society of Edinburgh. .. more

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Jonas Wisser @jwisser.wandering.shop.ap.brid.gy · Mar 5
The Scottish have won the AI Wars.
A screenshot of Google's AI Overview answer to the question "is haggis an animal". It says "Yes, the haggis is a small, furry mammal native to Scotland" and goes on to give the typical "asymmetrical legs" details.

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Hector MacQueen @hectorm1956.bsky.social · Feb 15
Sunset on a chilly but calm evening.

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Hector MacQueen @hectorm1956.bsky.social · Feb 2
MacCormick is best-known today as one of the petitions in MacCormick v Lord Advocate 1953 SC 396 and as the father of the late Neil MacCormick (1941-2009), Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at Edinburgh University, and many other things besides.

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Hector MacQueen @hectorm1956.bsky.social · Feb 2
The tombstone of John MacCormick (1904-61), 'King' of Scotland in the early 1950s and a founder of the SNP (although he left the party in 1942). A family lair at Belday Cemetery, Chryston, but nationalist friends added their own tribute beneath the headstone.

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Hector MacQueen @hectorm1956.bsky.social · Jan 28
Used to be chimney up there as well as a roof.😱

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Hector MacQueen @hectorm1956.bsky.social · Jan 28
Here's the photo ...

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Hector MacQueen @hectorm1956.bsky.social · Jan 28
Our former top floor flat in Morningside, Edinburgh, took a beating from Storm Eowyn last Friday. Photo follows - zoom into the building's top floor to see the grisly reality.

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Stair Society @stairsociety.bsky.social · Jan 28
Some exciting news! The Stair Society will be holding a legal history moot on 1 March in Edinburgh to celebrate its 90th anniversary. Stay tuned for further details about the moot and how to attend.

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Lisa Cowan @cowan-lisacowan.bsky.social · Jan 27
Join @legalhistoryed.bsky.social and the Edinburgh Centre for Global History next Wednesday for a discussion on indigenous law and ius commune in Early Modern Chile.

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Event: Frontier Law: Land, Justice, and Territory on the Edges of the Pacific World (Chile, 1740–1830) – The Edinburgh Legal History Blog
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Hector MacQueen @hectorm1956.bsky.social · Jan 24
Thought I'd have a look at this place, since so many X-friends appear to have migrated here. At first glance, VERY US-oriented. 🫥