Lectures in the series focus broadly on the themes of liberty, freedom and the rule of law. Over 20 years of Magna Carta Lectures, we have had a wide range of speakers and an equally diverse and varied range of topics.
Year |
Speaker and lecture |
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2005 |
The Rt Hon The Lord Woolf Magna Carta and our Evolving Constitution |
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2006 |
Professor Vernon Bogdanor CBE The Sovereignty of Parliament or the Rule of Law |
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2007 |
The Rt Hon The Baroness Williams of Crosby Magna Carta and the New Europe |
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2008 |
The Rt Hon Sir Anthony Clarke Constitutional Justice: Lessons from Magna Carta |
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2009 |
The Rt Hon David Davis Civil liberties and the unintended consequences of law and policy reform |
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2010 |
Dame Fiona Reynolds DBE Magna Carta and Environmental Rights |
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2011 |
The Rt Hon Lady Justice Arden Magna Carta and the Judges – realising the vision |
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2012 |
The Most Reverend and Rt Hon Dr Rowan Williams Sovereignty, Democracy, Justice: elements of a good society? |
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2013 |
Dr Bertrand Ramcharan The UN Quest for the Protection of Human Rights |
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2014 |
Professor Linda Colley CBE Magna Carta in British History: memory, inventions and forgetting |
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2015 |
The Rt Hon Jack Straw National security and the rule of law |
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2016 |
David Anderson QC Terrorism and Tolerance |
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2017 |
Her Hon Judge Khatun Sapnara Black and minority ethnic families and the family justice system |
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2018 |
Dr Fern Riddell Death in 10 minutes, Kitty Marion: Arsonist, activist, suffragette |
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2019 |
Dr Nicola Stacey Pushing Back: Engaging with the histories of dissent |
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2020 |
No lecture |
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2021 |
The Rt Hon The Baroness Hale of Richmond ‘Prorogation?’ |
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2022 |
Charlie Taylor The importance of good prisons in a criminal justice system |
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2023 |
The Rt Hon The Baroness Ashton of Upholland And Then What? Inside Stories of 21st-Century Diplomacy |
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2024 |
Professor Nigel Saul Magna Carta: Icon and Myth |
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2025 |
The Rt Hon The Baroness Prentis of Banbury The rule of law in a changing world |
