Tag Archives: 19th century

Robert Hamilton (1763-1831)

About Hamilton

  • Student of John Millar (Cairns, ‘First’ 39*)
  • Regius Chair of the Law of Nature and Nations at Edinburgh, 1796-1831
  • Advertised his classes but never with a starting date (Cairns, ‘First’ 40*)
  • Never lectured (Grant, Story 316-17*)
  • Professorship not filled after his death (next appointment was James Lorimer in 1862)

*For references, see the Site Bibliography.

James Lorimer (1818-1890)

About Lorimer

  • Filled the Regius Chair of the Law of Nature and Nations in 1862 after gap from 1831 (Grant, Story 317*)

Teaching

  • His class ‘being necessary for the LL.B degree, has been well attended ever since’ (Grant, Story 317*)
  • ‘The first part of Lorimer’s course resulted in his Institutes of Natural Law in 1872. This reached a second edition in 1880 and was reprinted in Germany in 1987.’ (ODNB*)

Publications, Manuscripts and other Resources

  • J Lorimer, The institutes of law: a treatise of the principles of jurisprudence as determined by nature (Edinburgh, 1872)
  • J Lorimer, The Institutes of Law; a treatise of the principles of jurisprudence as determined by nature, 2nd edn (Edinburgh, 1880)

*For references, see the Site Bibliography.