Public Lecture by Professor Raymond Plant

Professor Raymond Plant from King's College London will deliver a public
lecture on human rights on 22 October from 12:15 to 13:45.The lectures
will be held at the Tallinn University Law School (Siili St 14). Lord
Raymond Plant, Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy at
King's College London, is one of the world's best-known experts of
political philosophy and international 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 frequently worked in
Tallinn, especially in cooperation with University Nord, the predecessor of
Tallinn University Law School. Tallinn University awarded Prof Plant witha
a Honorary Doctoral degree on 20th February 2012.