Prof Lord Raymond Plant public lecture about religion and freedom of expression

LORD RAYMOND PLANT

Professor of Legal Theory and Jurisprudence

King’s College London

The Dickson Poon School of Law

Visiting Professor of TLU Law School 

19.03.2014  14:30 - 15:30

TLU Law School in Tallinn. Siili 14, Tallinn

Religion and Freedom of Expression in the Light of the European Convention on Human Rights

Professor Plant has given several lecture series at a number of different universities: The Agnes Cumming Lectures at University College, Dublin; the Sarum Lectures at Oxford University; The Stanton Lectures at Cambridge University; the Ferguson Lectures at Manchester University; the Scott Holland Lectures at Manchester University and the The Stevenson Lectures at Glasgow University.

He is a Labour Peer and sits in the House of Lords with the title of Lord Plant of Highfield. In the House of Lords he is a member of the Joint Committee on Human Rights and has been a member of the Government and Law sub-committee of the Committee on European Communities.

Raymond Plant is a philosopher and has written mainly on political, social and legal philosophy. He is probably best known for his work on Hegel as a political, social and legal philosopher and for his work on conceptual issues to do with welfare, particularly ideas such as needs, rights, obligations and community.

In recent years, Professor Plant has been visiting Professor  in Tallinn University Law School.