Public Lectures by Professor Raymond Plant
10/18/2012 - 15:00 - 15:00
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Professor Raymond Plant from King's College London will deliver two public
lectures on the topic of the human rights on 18 and 22 October from
12.15 till 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.
lectures on the topic of the human rights on 18 and 22 October from
12.15 till 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.