Hector L MacQueen
Hector MacQueen is a publicly appointed Scottish Law Commissioner, legal scholar and leading expert on intellectual property. He is Vice President (Humanities) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a trustee and former executive director of Scottish neoliberal think tank, the David Hume Institute (DHI).
A member of the Edinburgh University Law School since 1979, MacQueen has taken a leave of absence from his post as Professor of Private Law to carry out his full-time duties at the Scottish Law Commission until 2014.[1] This independent law reform body makes recommendations to improve, simplify and update the laws of Scotland. Its appointments are ‘made on merit and political activity plays no part in the process’ however appointees must publicly declare any political activity, in line with the Nolan recommendations. A Scottish government press release announcing MacQueen’s selection in September 2009 stated neither he nor another appointee 'had undertaken any political activities over the past five years'.
Career
- Scottish Law Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission (2009-2014). He receives £105,668 per annum.[2]
- Vice-President (Humanities) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2008-2011)
- Professor of Private Law, Edinburgh University (1994- )
- Visiting Professor, Stetson University College of Law (2007-2009)
- Dean of Research and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science in Edinburgh University (2004-2008)
- Director (2002-2007) and co-director since 2007 of SCRIPT, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
- Scottish representative on the UK Justice Ministry Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (2004- )
- Chair, Scottish Records Advisory Council (2001-2004)
- Dean of the Edinburgh Law School (1999-2003)
- Literary Director, Stair Society (1999- )
- Executive Director (1991-1995) and director [3] (1995-??) David Hume Institute
- Scottish representative, Commission on European Contract Law (1995-2001)
- Member, Intellectual Property Accreditation Panel, The Law Society of Scotland, (1990-2010)
- Contributor, European Intellectual Property Review (1983-2010)
Affiliations
- Trustee, The David Hume Institute, Edinburgh [4] (since at least 1996)
- Shareholding, Banco Santander [5]
- Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh[6]
- Fellow, British Academy [7]
- Member, Advisory Council of Experts, Intellectual Property Institute, London [8]
- Member, Intellectual Property Working Party, Law Reform Committee, Law Society of Scotland [9]
- Member, Accreditation Panel, Law Society of Scotland [10]
- Member, Society of Legal Scholars [11]
- Council Member, Scottish Text Society [12]
- Vice-president, Scottish Text Society [13]
- Member, Scottish History Society[14]
- Member, Scottish Records Society[15]
- Member, Ramblers Association[16]
- Member, National Trust for Scotland[17]
- Member, Friends of Historic Scotland[18]
- Member, Friends of Kyle & Lochalsh Railway Line[19]
- Chair and Member, Scottish Medievalists Conference[20]
- Member, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds[21]
- Member, Welsh Legal History Society[22]
- Member, Editorial Board of Dundee University Press[23]
- Member, Selden Society[24]
Notes
- ↑ University of Edinburgh, School of Law, Academic staff: Hector MacQueen, accessed 10 June, 2010
- ↑ Scottish Government news release dated 28/09/09, Scottish Law Commission, accessed 10 June 2010.
- ↑ Kuenssberg, Nick and Lomas, Gillian. (eds) (1995) The David Hume Institute. The First Decade. Edinburgh: The David Hume Institute p. 1
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
- ↑ Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010.
