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Race: Archives guide

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Introduction

 

The records listed, which hold references to race, ethnicity, discrimination and the law, comprise material transferred to the IALS Archives by officers of the organisations listed below. The following keywords were used to find material: Aboriginal; Africa; apartheid; Asian; black; coloured; discrimination; equal opportunities; ethnic minorities; ethnicity; immigration; India; race; racial. There may be more relevant material in the general correspondence, minute books and training records of the organisations below which was not picked up in word searches. To browse the Archives catalogues for more information see this link: https://ials.sas.ac.uk/ials-library/archives/ials-archives-collections.

Access

The records listed below, other than some items held in the Barrow (BARR) collections (closed for 50 years) and some records in the Council of Legal Education (CLE) and the International Law Association (ILA) collections (closed for 30 years), may be viewed by prior appointment in the IALS Library. Some items are further closed to public access as they contain personal data. Item descriptions of closed material are nevertheless included in this guide as indicative of the various organisations’ work to combat racial discrimination in legal education. Closed items are designated in red.

Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities at the Inns of Court School of Law (Barrow Inquiry; Archives ref BARR): Records of Ruth Deech, Committee member, 1989-1994

Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities at the Inns of Court School of Law (Barrow Inquiry; Archives ref BARR): Records of Ruth Deech, Committee member, 1989-1994

Administrative history

The Committee of Inquiry was established in March 1993 "to conduct a wide-ranging investigation into the policies and practices of the Council of Legal Education (CLE) and the Inns of Court School of Law (ICSL). It was an independent inquiry but funded by the CLE. The creation of the Committee was partly in response to a large disparity in pass rates between black and ethnic minority students and white students on the Bar Vocational Course (BVC), uncovered by ethnic monitoring of the 1991/1992 intake, and partly in response to the large body of complaints about the course which had been lodged with the General Council of the Bar, and the CLE itself." (Final Report, Apr 1994, Introduction 3.1 p.8).

Conditions Governing Access

Printed/published material at BARR 07, BARR 10, BARR 11, BARR 14 and BARR 16, plus all items in BARR 12, are open other than the ICSL Handbooks. The remaining material is closed for 50 years after the last date on each file other than items containing personal data, which are closed for 75 years. Closed items are designated in red.

Selected Items

BARR 01: Terms of Reference and Background to the Inquiry, 1993-1994
Reference Title Dates
BARR 01/01 Independent Equal Opportunities Inquiry - draft terms of reference & membership. CLOSED until 2044 [1993]
BARR 01/02 Membership list and c.v.s of members of the Barrow Inquiry. Closed for 75 years under the Data Protection Act. CLOSED until 2069 [1993]
BARR 01/03 "Student perceptions of racial discrimination at the CLE" -a paper prepared for the Barrow Inquiry by Dr Robin Oakley [draft] . CLOSED until 2045 4 Mar 1994
BARR 01/04 Letter from Philip A Jones, University of Sheffield, Faculty of Law, to Dame Jocelyn, with thoughts on the CLE. CLOSED until 2045 7 Mar 1994
BARR 01/05 Paper titled "Submission by ICSL to Inquiry into Equal Opportunities on the Bar Vocational Course - Annex Y: History of the New Vocational Course" [possibly extracted from A7 CLE response to the Interim Report -see BARR 03/02]. CLOSED until 2044 n.d.
BARR 02: Direct Observations of Teaching and Assessment, 1993
Reference Title Dates
BARR 02/01
(Parts 1-2)
Papers relating to BVC final assessments, with covering letters to Inquiry members inviting them to attend. CLOSED until 2044 24 May – 30 June 1993
BARR 02/02 Observations of Inquiry members on classes and training at CLE. CLOSED until 2044 29 Apr – 22 Sept 1993
BARR 02/03 Document entitled "Teaching and academic support", containing Inquiry members' observations on classes from Apr - May 1993 [last pages missing]. CLOSED until 2044  [1993]
BARR 03: Background Information collected by the Inquiry, 1992-1993
Reference Title Dates
BARR 03/01
 
List of contents and copies of material previously circulated 
to Inquiry members:
  •  Dr Christopher Dewberry, "Report on the relative pass rates of white and ethnic minority students examined for the 1991-92 vocational course for intending practitioners", [Dewberry Report 1992]
  •  Dr Dewberry, "A further analysis of the relative pass rates of white and ethnic minority students examined for the 1991-92 vocational course for intending practitioners" [Dewberry Report 1993]
  • Public statements by Society of Black Lawyers, 20 Oct 1992 [wanting]
  • Council of Legal Education's responses to statements by Society of Black Lawyers, Dec 1992
  • Letters from Commission for Racial Equality to CLE, 21 Dec 1992
CLOSED until 2044
1992-1993
BARR 03/02
 
Background information, numbered A1-A7:
  • A1 Questions to the CLE from the Chairman of the Race Relations Committee of the General Council of the Bar, 28 Oct 1992
  • A2 Response to questions from Bar Council Race Relations Committee [2 copies, second copy incomplete and annotated]
  •  A3 General Council of the Bar: AGM speech by the Hon Mr Justice Phillips, 31 Oct 1992
  • A4 background notes from the CLE [wanting]
  • A5 General Council of the Bar, Equality Code for Chambers, May 1993
  • A6 1992/1993 pass rates [possibly wanting, but a document entitled "CLE Students 1991/2 and 1992/3: main conclusions from a new analysis of their results" was located which may be A6]
  • A7 CLE response to the Interim Report [wanting from this file, but extant at BARR 15]

Items in red CLOSED until 2044

1992-1993
BARR 04: Information on Admissions Policy and Procedure, 1991-1994
Reference Title Dates
BARR 04 List of documents numbered B1-B14:
  • B1 Application form 1991/1992 [wanting]
  • B2 Application form 1992/1993; 1993/1994
  • B3 Notes on admission procedure for the BVC 1993/1994
  • B4 Letters from Society of Black Lawyers on the subject of entrance procedures to the BVC, 16 May - 9 July 1992
  • B5 Letters from the CLE on the subject of entrance procedures to the BVC, 10 May - 4 June 1992
  • B6 Note on CR58 Committee 1992/1993, including criteria where ethnicity is used as a basis for special treatment
  • B7 Note on Selection Procedure to be introduced for admission to 1994/1995 BVC
  • B8 Letter from Peter Herbert to CLE on the subject of Admissions Procedures, 26 June 1992
  • B9  "Why am I being asked to take a test?" [published by The Psychological Corporation, USA, 1991]
  • B10 Booklet of tests [published by the Psychological Corporation, USA, 1990]
  • B11 Birkbeck College: Selection of Students for the ICSL, 6 Sept 1991
  • B12 Letter from Richard Williams to Lee Winetroube at the General Council of the Bar, 2 Oct 1992
  • B13 Correspondence with Dr Robin Oakley [wanting]
  • B14 Selection for the 1994/95 Vocational Course, 6 Jan 1994

Items in red CLOSED until 2044

1991-1994
BARR 05: Student Questionnaire, 1993
Reference Title Dates
BARR 05/01 Copy of questionnaire, covering letter, comments and analysis of students' survey. CLOSED until 2044 2 June 1993
BARR 05/02 C1 Student questionnaire - Module option responses. CLOSED until 2044  [1993]
BARR 06: Information on Assessment and Review, 1990-1993
Reference Title Dates
BARR 06/01
 

Assessment and review papers D1-D3:

  • D1 Assessment Regulations 1991/92
  • D2 Assessment Regulations 1992/93 [amendments to 1991/2 Regulations]
  • D3 Instructions to Assessors (In-course), 1991-1992

CLOSED until 2044

1991-1993
BARR 06/02
 

Papers D4-D6:

  • D4 Instructions to Assessors (Final Assessment), 1992-1993
  • D5 Guidelines for the exercise of discretion adopted by the Board of Examiners, 1990/91;1991/92
  • D6 Notes on the 1991/1992 Guidelines prepared by Adriane Keane, 17 Dec 1992

CLOSED until 2044

1990-1993
BARR 06/03
 

Papers D7-D13:

  • D7 Table for conversion of marks, 1990-1992
  • D8 Review Board minutes, 19 Sept 1991
  • D9 Review Board minutes, 17-18 Sept 1992
  • D10 Report to Board of Examiners on 1992 Review, 17-18 Sept 1992
  • D11 Outline of Formal Assessment and Review Processes on the BVC, 1993
  • D12 Multiple choice tests - Resits, 10 July 1992
  • D13 Assessment Feed-Back reports

CLOSED until 2044

1990-1993
BARR 06/04

 

Papers D14-D18:

  • D14 Ethnic monitoring of In-course assessments 1992/93 and the first MCT
  • D15 The role and powers of the Review Board
  • D16 guidelines for condonation and resits [no number on document]
  • D17 Re-assessment records, 1991-1992
  • D18 Advocacy Final Assessment - Advocacy Skills 1992/93 – assessors' pack

CLOSED until 2044

1991-1993
BARR 06/05
 

Papers D19-D21:

  • D19 Membership of the Board of Examiners, 1991-1993
  • D20 Resits, 1991-1992
  • D21 Notes for Assessors' Meeting, 6 Nov 1993

CLOSED until 2044

1991-1993
BARR 07: Information on Course Content, 1990-1992
Reference Title Dates
BARR 07
 

Documents I.1-I.3:

  • I.1 Developing Vocational Legal Training for the Bar - Shapland I, 1990
  • I.2 Evaluating the New Vocational Course at the Council of Legal Education - Shapland II, 1990 & 1991
  • I.3 Pupillage and the Vocational Course - Shapland III, July 1992
1990-1992
BARR 08: Documents relating to Staff Training, 1992-1993
Reference Title Dates
BARR 08
 

Documents J1-J8:

  • J1 Discussion paper for CORD from the Discrimination Awareness Group (DAG), Feb 9 1993
  • J2 Discrimination Awareness Sub Committee - Meeting 16 Nov 1992 - terms of reference
  • J3 Questionnaire
  • J4 Questionnaire of practitioners
  • J5 Information from Questionnaire - DAG workshop, 25 Feb 1993
  • J6 Information from Practitioner Questionnaire
  • J7 A report for consideration on the development of discrimination awareness training, May 2 1993
  • J8 Update on progress of the DAG Action Sub Committee

CLOSED until 2044

1992-1993
BARR 09: Documents relating to Student Welfare, 1989-1994
Reference Title Dates
BARR 09/01
 

Documents K1-K20

  • K1 Financing for the New Entrant Committee - First report, July 1992
  • K2 Finance for the New Entrant - Questionnaire, 30 Nov 1992
  • K3 Finance for new entrants to the Bar, 1 Sept 1992
  • K4 Student grants - Tuition fees, 1989-1993
  • K5 Philip A Thomas, "The Poverty of Students", The Law Teacher, June 1993
  • K6 Ethnic minority performance on the BVC, 1993
  • K7 Inner Temple student sponsorship scheme
  • K8 Inner Temple admission forms checklist
  • K9 Inner Temple scholarships, awards and prizes
  • K10 Inner Temple scholarship application form
  • K11 Inns of Court and CLE - Notes to form AE2 [admission form]
  • K12 The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple – Handbook
  • K13 The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple -Scholarships and Prizes
  • K14 The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple - Admissions notes and application forms
  • K15 Middle Temple scholarships 1991, 1992, 1993
  • K16 The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn - Admission notes and application forms
  • K17 The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn - Scholarship application form 1994/5
  • K18 The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn - Application form for Hardwicke Entrance Awards
  • K19 Lincoln's Inn scholarships 1994/95
  • K20 The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn - Students' Handbook

Items in red CLOSED until 2046

1989-1994
BARR 09/02 
 

Documents K21-K35:

  • K21 The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn - Information for Students
  • K22 the Honourable Society of Gray's Inn - Scholarships and awards
  • K23 Minutes of the meeting of the Scholarships Sub-committee which interviewed Junior Award candidates on 19 and 20 June 1992
  • K24 Accommodation in London
  • K25 Gray's Inn - Admission procedure
  • K26 Gray's Inn - Mooting programme
  • K27 Some Customs of Gray's Inn Hall, Sept 1992
  • K28 Gray's Inn - Dining arrangements
  • K29 The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple - Scholarships and bursaries awarded in 1992
  • K30 Analysis of the Four Inns Members, 1989-1992
  • K31 Pilot for the Mini-Sponsorship Scheme, 16 May - 13 July 1993
  • K32 The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn Students' Union - "Allegations of racial discrimination at the CLE", 5 Mar 1993
  • K33 "Behind the Bar" - Bar School Alternative Prospectus 1993
  • K34 Discrimination Awareness Sub-committee reports, 1993-1994
  • K35 The BVC - "The Voluntary Programme 1993-4"

Items in red CLOSED until 2045

1989-1994
BARR 10: Collection and Analysis of Teaching Materials - Course Outlines, Practical Training Exercises and Instructors' Teaching Packs, 1991-1992
Reference Title Dates
BARR 10/01 ICSL Chancery module: conveyancing and real property: introduction and exercises CARP2-CARP11 n.d
BARR 10/02 Company law module: company law - Practical training exercises C1-C7 1991
BARR 10/03 General practice module: employment law option - Background papers and practical training exercises E1-E3 1991
BARR 10/04 General practice module: family law - Background papers and practical training exercises F1-F6 1991
BARR 10/05 Law of international trade - course outline and practical training exercises I1-I5 1991
BARR 10/06 General practice and Chancery modules: landlord and tenant - Practical training exercises L1-L10 1991
BARR 10/07  General practice/commercial module - Lecture handouts and practical training exercises S1-S7 1991
BARR 10/08 Chancery module: trusts, wills and taxation - Course outline and practical training exercises T1-T3 1991
BARR 10/09 Practical training exercises X1-X6, X9-X11, X13 (conference skills; negotiation; casework skills; opinion writing; drafting; advocacy)  1991
BARR 10/10 Practical training exercises X14-X24 (opinion writing; drafting; advocacy; conference skills; negotiation; casework skills) 1991
BARR 10/11  Practical training exercises X25-X28, X30, X32-X35, X37 (opinion writing; drafting; advocacy; casework skills; conference skills; negotiation) 1991
BARR 10/12 Practical training exercises X38-X40, X42-X50 (advocacy; conference skills; negotiation; casework skills; opinion writing; drafting) 1991
BARR 10/13

Casework skills and drafting:

  • Practical training exercise X47
  • Family law: practical training exercise F2
  • Family law: practical training exercise F2
  • Company law: practical training exercise C4
  • Landlord and tenant: practical training exercise L4
1992
BARR 10/14 

 Instructors' teaching packs:

  • Criminal litigation
  • Civil litigation
  • Evidence
  • Advocacy skills
  • Drafting
  • EC competition law
1991/92
BARR 11: Collection and Analysis of Teaching Materials - ICSL Manuals, 1991- 1992
Reference Title Dates

BARR 11/01

  • Criminal Litigation & Sentencing
  • Chancery Practice
  • General Practice
  • Commercial Practice
  • Opinion Writing & Drafting
1991/92

BARR 11/02

  • Evidence & Casework Skills
  • Professional Conduct & Practical Background
  • Advocacy, Negotiation & Conference Skills
  • Civil Litigation & Remedies
1991/92
BARR 12: Collection and Analysis of Teaching Materials - Printed Material, 1990-1993
Reference Title Dates
BARR 12 Papers:
 
  • ICSL, The Vocational Course Handbook, Academic Session 1990-91. CLOSED until 2042
  • ICSL, The Vocational Course Handbook, Academic Session 1991-92. CLOSED until 2043
  • ICSL, The Vocational Course Handbook, Academic Session 1992-93. CLOSED until 2044
  • ICSL, The Vocational Course Handbook, Academic Session 1993-94. CLOSED until 2045
  • CLE, The Consolidated Regulations of the Honourable Societies of Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple, Middle Temple and Gray's Inn, CLE, London, 1991
  • CLE, Training for the Bar, London, n.d.
  • J Shapland, V Johnston and R Wild, Studying for the Bar, Institute for the Study of the Legal Profession, Faculty of Law, University of Sheffield, 1993
  • The General Council of the Bar, The Bar Council 
    Directory, 1993
1990-1993
BARR 13: Consideration of Complaints of Individual Students, 1993
Reference Title Dates
BARR 13 Appeal to HM Judges sitting as the visitors to the Inns of Court in the matter of the conduct and 
assessment of the Bar examination 1992 [2 copies]. CLOSED until 2068
11 Mar 1993
BARR 14: Interim Report of the Committee of Inquiry, 1993
Reference Title Dates
BARR 14 Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities on the Bar Vocational Course: Interim Report Sept 1993
BARR 15: CLE/ICSL Response to the Interim Report, n.d.
Reference Title Dates
BARR 15/01 Interim Report: Notes on Chapters 4, 5 & 6. CLOSED until 2045 n.d.
BARR 15/02

 Response to Barrow Inquiry - Supplementary Material:

  • Assessment Regulations 1990/91. CLOSED until 2042
  • Course Director's Termly Report 1989/90. CLOSED until 2041
  • Draft response to LCAC on implications of multi-cultural society. CLOSED until 2045
  • Further material on student finances. CLOSED until 2045
  • The General Council of the Bar, Without Prejudice? Sex Equality at the Bar and in the Judiciary, Nov 1992
1989-1992
BARR 16: Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry, 1994
Reference Title Dates
BARR 16 Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities on the Bar Vocational Course Apr 1994

 

Council of Legal Education (CLE): archives, 1852-1997

Council of Legal Education (CLE): archives, 1852-1997

Introduction

The Council of Legal Education (CLE) was established by Resolutions of the Inns of Court in 1852, following the recommendation that year of a Legal Education Committee of the Four Inns. The CLE, consisting of eight members under the Chairmanship of Richard Bethell Q.C. (later Lord Westbury), was entrusted with the power and duty of superintending the education and examination of students who had been admitted to the Inns and was to consist of an equal number of Benchers appointed by each of the Inns. Five Readerships or Professorships were set up, to each deliver three courses of lectures per year. Students were required to attend a certain number of lectures and to pass public examinations.

Access

Some records may be closed to access under ICBET’s 30 year closure rule. Others, which contain personal data, are closed for 75 years under the Data Protection Act. Item descriptions are nevertheless included in this guide as indicative of the CLE’s work against racial discrimination. Closed items are designated in red.

Selected Items

CLE 67: Papers Relating to Racial Discrimination Complaints, 1989-1996
Reference Title Dates
CLE 67/01 Racial discrimination complaints by Bar students. Personal data - CLOSED until 2072 1989-1996

CLE 68: Racial Discrimination Awareness Group Records, 1992-1995

Administrative History: The Discrimination Awareness Group was established in 1992. Its terms of reference were to work with all involved at the CLE to ensure that there was no inappropriate discrimination against students or staff members in any area of the CLE's activities. Group membership was open to all CLE staff members.

Reference Title Dates
CLE 68/01  Agenda, minutes and papers. CLOSED until 2027 1992-1996

CLE 69: Papers Relating to the CLE Response to the Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities on The Bar Vocational Course (Barrow Inquiry), 1992- 1993

Administrative History: In 1994 a Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities on the Bar Vocational Course was set up, under the chairmanship of Dame Jocelyn Barrow, to conduct an investigation into the policies and practices of the CLE and the ICSL, particularly in relation to ethnic minorities. It was funded by the CLE but conducted its inquiries independently. It produced two reports, copies of which are available in most law libraries.

Scope and Content: The papers listed below consist of CLE submissions and responses.

Reference Title Dates
CLE 69/01  CLE papers concerning race relations and ethnic monitoring. CLOSED until 2044 1992-1993
CLE 69/02 CLE response to the Interim Report of the Inquiry. CLOSED until 2044 1993
CLE 69/03  ICSL submission and related papers. CLOSED until 2044  1993

 

Commonwealth Legal Association (CLEA): Records, 1971-1995

Commonwealth Legal Association (CLEA): Records, 1971-1995

Administrative History 

The Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) was founded during the Fourth Commonwealth Law Conference in New Delhi in 1971. The idea was initiated by Indian lawyer Dr Laxmi Singhvi, CLEA's first chairman. The Association's objects were to foster high standards of legal education and research in Commonwealth countries: to build up contacts between interested individuals and organizations, and to disseminate information and literature concerning legal education and research. The CLEA's structure, objectives and functions are set out in its Constitution, adopted soon after its foundation. Membership is open to individuals, schools of law and other institutions concerned with legal education and research. Patrons are appointed from various Commonwealth countries. The affairs of the Association are managed by an Executive Committee, drawn from the Commonwealth regions, which meets annually: its actions are reviewed at 5 yearly General Meetings, the first of which was held in Edinburgh during the Fifth Commonwealth Law Conference in 1977. There is an Advisory Panel in the United Kingdom. The administration of the Association was carried out by a chairman and two secretaries, one in London and one abroad. In 1990 the office of chairman was replaced by a president and executive chairperson (since renamed vice president). The President may be elected from any part of the Commonwealth: the Vice President must be established in the UK. In 1994 a South Asian regional chapter was formed.


Access

Some records are currently closed to public access under the Data Protection Act. Closed items are designated in red.

Selected Items

CLEA 07 Conference on Emerging Educational Challenges for Law in Commonwealth Asia and Australasia: the Implications for Legal Education – Conference Papers, 1992

Administrative History: This conference was run by the CLEA together with the Hong Kong Law Teachers’ Association, the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong from April 10-12, 1992.

Reference Title Dates
CLEA 07/01 Keynote address: Upendra Bai, Delhi University: Observations on Law, Language and Culture 1992
CLEA 07/02 Peter Slinn, SOAS: The Training Course for Young Commonwealth Lawyers 1992
CLEA 07/06 Helen Endre, Queensland University of Technology & Erika Martens, University of Adelaide: Deconstruction, Decolonisation and Reconstruction in the Australian Legal Culture: the Place of the Indigeneous Australian 1992
CLEA 07/07 Jane Kelsey, University of Auckland: Decolonising Legal Education in Aoteroa [New Zealand] 1992
CLEA 07/08 Prof Dr Pyayag Singh, University of Patna: Decolonisation of the Common Law and its Implications 1992
CLEA 07/15 William Macneil, University of Hong Kong: Hong Kong, the Bill of Rights and the Question of Identity 1992
CLEA 07/16 H M Zafrullah, City Polytechnic of Hong Kong: Law and Language in a Multi-Racial Society – the Switchover from English to the National Languages in Sri Lanka 1992
CLEA 07/18 Bart Rwezaura, University of Hong Kong: The Constraints of Adopting Kiswahili as a Language of the Law in Tanzania 1992
CLEA 07/19 NRM Menon, National Law School of India, Impact of Cultural Pluralism in Political Discourse and Legal Development: Some Reflections from the Indian Scene 1992
CLEA 07/20  Mrs Kazi Ashraf Unnisa, University Law College, Bangalore: Lex Loci and the English Language – Lessons from the Indian Experience 1992
CLEA 07/21 Dr Nik Ramlah Mahmood, University of Malaya: Bibngualism in Legal Education – a Malaysia Experience 1992
CLEA 07/22 John Nongorr, University of Papua New Guinea: Language Problems in Papua New Guinea Courts 1992
CLEA 07/25 Michael Kyriacon Peters, The University of Sydney: Social engineering and the Law: Immigration and Multicultural Legal Principles 1992

 

Commonwealth Legal Records Project (CLRP): Archives, 1989-1993

Commonwealth Legal Records Project (CLRP): Archives, 1989-1993

Administrative history

The Commonwealth Legal Records Project (CLRP), which began its investigations in 1990, was jointly sponsored by the Association of Commonwealth Archivists and Records Managers (ACARM) and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA), 
and was financed by a grant from the Leverhulme Foundation. It comprised a three-year IALS Archives subject guide: Race, Discrimination and the Law2023 Page 18 of 45 programme of research into modern legal records throughout the Commonwealth. The objectives of the study were to:

  • Analyse questions relating to the nature, extent and potential uses of legal records of all kinds;
  • Collect information about the state of legal records in selected Commonwealth jurisdictions;
  • Analyse factors relevant to devising informed policies regarding the management, appraisal, preservation and destruction of legal records and suggest guidelines;
  • Produce and disseminate the findings of the study in a form that would be useful to interested institutions and individuals in different jurisdictions in the Commonwealth, especially developing countries.

Publications

The project produced one book, Legal Records in the Commonwealth, and one major study, Legal Records in Accra (Ghana).

Selected Items

CLRP 05: Research Files – Ghana, 1990-1992
Reference Title Dates
CLRP 05/01 Case study: correspondence and background papers 1990-1992
CLRP 05/02 Case study: original manuscript and completed case study 1992
CLRP 05/03
(Parts 1-2)
Legal records workshop: aims, objectives and background papers 1990
CLRP 05/04 Legal records workshop: correspondence concerning arrangements and participants, with evaluation reports 1990-1992
CLRP 05/05 Legal records workshop: correspondence relating to financial arrangements 1990-1991
CLRP 05/06  Legal records workshop: working papers - master set with contents list n.d.

 

Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot (FOOT): Papers, 1926-1979

Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot (FOOT): Papers, 1926-1979

 

Biographical History

Sir Dingle Mackintosh Foot (1905–1978), politician and lawyer, was born on 24 August 1905 in Plymouth, the eldest child in the family of five sons and two daughters of Isaac Foot (1880-1960), MP and solicitor, and his wife, Eva Mackintosh (1878-1946). He was educated at BembridgeSchool, Isle of Wight and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he took a second in modern history in 1927. He was president of the University Liberal Club in 1927 and of the Oxford Union one year later, before becoming secretary to his father in the House of Commons after the latter's election in 1929. 

He was called to the bar at Gray's Inn in 1930, joining the western circuit.

Foot served several terms as a member of parliament. He became a bencher of Gray's Inn in 1952 and took silk two years later. He was a member of the Royal Commission on Justices of the Peace from 1946 to 1948, was appointed a member of the Committee on Intermediaries in 1949 and chaired the Observer Trust from 1953 to 1955. It was at this time that Foot cultivated his links with legal practice in the Commonwealth, being admitted as an advocate in the Gold Coast, Ceylon, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia, Sierra Leone, India, Bahrain, Malaysia, and Southern Rhodesia. He specialized in constitutional and civil liberties cases, defending Dr Hastings Banda, then leader of the Nyasaland African Congress Party, when he was gaoled in Southern Rhodesia, and Shaikh Muhammad Abdullah, the former chief minister of Kashmir, in the Kashmir conspiracy case. He was expelled from Nigeria in 1962 while challenging the Emergency Powers Act on behalf of the western Nigerian premier, Alhaji D S Adegbenro, and was refused entry the next year when he sought to represent Chief Enaharo on a treason charge after his expulsion from the United Kingdom. Lord Diplock described him as 'an ambassador of common law throughout theCommonwealth' (The Times, 20 June 1978), and he established one of the first multiracial chambers in the Temple.

He died on 18 June 1978, during a case in Hong Kong, by choking on a sandwich in his hotel room. His remains were cremated in Hong Kong.

Selected Items

FOOT 01: Legal files, 1926-1960

Reference Title Dates
FOOT 01/01
 

 Legal file comprising:

  • One letter [from Foot?] to Mr Adalabu, 6 December 1957. Concerning whether the Secretary of State will confer powers on the Minority Commission to compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents.
  • Two untitled summarising typescript memorandum, nd. [Possibly written by Foot].
  • ‘Memorandum for Submission to the Minority Commission by the Western NCNC [National Council of Nigeria and the Cameroons] Official Opposition’, typescript paper, nd.
  • ‘A Memorandum Submitted by the Central Yoruba State Movement. Sponsored by the NCNC delegation’, typescript paper, 24 May 1957.
1957
FOOT 01/02

Memoranda and other papers relating to the Minority Commission with reference to the United Muslim Party. 
Including:

  • Minutes of the Proceedings of the Minorities Commission’s Sitting at Lagos on 28 December 1957.
  • ‘The National Muslim League’s Memorandum on the Fears of the Muslim Minorities in the Regions’, typescript paper by Hassan T A Funsho, Administrative Secretary, 28 December 1957
  • ‘United Muslim Party Memorandum on Chief Obafemi Awolowo’s Threat to Legislate Against Political Parties Based on Islamic Religion’, typescript paper, n.d.
  • ‘Human Rights in Nigeria. United Muslim Party Proposals on Fundamental Rights of Citizens of Nigeria and on Matters Relating to Minorities in a Self-Governing and Independent Nigeria, typescript paper, n.d.
n.d.; 1957
FOOT 01/03
 

Correspondence, memoranda, notes and other papers relating to the Toro [or Tooro] Kingdom [subnational constitutional monarchy within Uganda]. Including:

  • ‘Uganda Protectorate. Enquiry into the Grievances of the Mukama and People of Toro. Report of the Committee’, typescript memoranda, 28 July 1926.
  • Minutes of the Meetings of Toro Rukurato held from 20 to 23 July 1960.
  • ‘Record of a meeting held by the Minister of Local Government with the Toro Constitutional Committee…’, typescript draft report, 9 August 1960.
  • Draft agreement between the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Uganda Protectorate and George David Kamurasi Rukidi III Omukama of Toro Kingdom, c1960.
1926-1960
FOOT 05: Newspaper cuttings and other papers, c.1933-c.1967
Reference Title Dates
FOOT 05
 
 Newspaper cuttings published reports and other 
publications mainly relating to Africa, 1961-1967 
c.1933-c.1967

FOOT 06: Photograph album, n.d.

Extent and Form: 1 Photograph album

Access: As it was not possible to date this item, which may contain sensitive personal data, it is CLOSED for 75 years from receipt of the FOOT papers in 2001.

Reference Title Dates
FOOT 06 

Album of uncaptioned black and white photographs relating to African [Libya? Egypt?] or possibly Middle 
Eastern countries Depicting graphic scenes of atrocities, corpses, damage buildings, riots, n.d.
CLOSED until 2076 

n.d.

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies: Institutional Archives, 1934- 2016

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies: Institutional Archives, 1934-2016

Administrative History

In 1932 a Legal Education Committee under the Chairmanship of Lord Atkin was set up to consider the organisation of legal education in England and to make recommendations as to further provision for advanced research in legal studies. The Committee’s report in 1934 included a recommendation that an Institute of Advanced Legal Studies be established in London. In 1938 another Committee, chaired by Lord Macmillan, was set up to find a practical means of effecting this recommendation. The Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (IALS) was established in 1946 as part of the University of London. Its aims were "the prosecution and promotion of legal research and the training of graduate students in its principles and methods" (39th Annual Report, 1985/86). Since its inception the scope of the Institute has expanded considerably, with sponsorship of and support for many research projects and the provision of facilities for other research bodies and for conferences, seminars and workshops. The Library provides facilities for academic and research staff and postgraduate research students from universities all over the world, and is one of the world's largest legal research libraries.

Selected Items

IALS 02: IALS Directors - correspondence and papers, 1946-1995

IALS 02/02: Correspondence and papers of Sir Norman D Anderson (Director 1960-1976) 1946-1977

Reference Title Dates
IALS 02/02/03 “Miscellaneous papers relating to applications for Ford African-Asian junior research fellowships”. Includes minutes of the Fellowship Sub-committee, Director’s correspondence and applications 1969-1970
IALS 02/02/06   File: Committee on Legal Education for Africans 1960
IALS 13: Printed and Published Papers produced by or concerning the Institute, 1947-2019
Reference Title Dates
IALS 13/06/10  W G Hart Legal Workshop paper: Discrimination and Law  1990

 

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library (IALSLIB): Manuscript Material relating to Legal Education and Research

Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Library (IALSLIB): Manuscript Material relating to Legal Education and Research

Scope and content

The mss comprise a collection of donated or purchased items relating to 
legal education and research, 1870-1936. Several are undated. In some cases the provenance 
is unknown, as the transaction, whether by purchase or donation, was unrecorded; in some 
other cases the author of the documents is also unknown.

Selected Items

IALSLIB 10: GOADBY, Frederick Maurice: notes, memoranda and annotated typescripts 1924-1939
Archives Reference Original Library Reference Title Dates
IALSLIB 10/2  a/c 48687  “Memoranda, judgements etc as to law and jurisprudence in matters of personal status, correspondence [and] memoranda, notes of cases relating to private international law, mainly in Cyprus, Palestine and Egypt” (as per handwritten notes on original file cover, front and back); includes letters, press clippings and papers dated 1930-1937. Purchased 7 Nov 1957 1930-1937
IALSLIB 10/4 10/4 a/c 49000 “Mineral rights under Moslem Law in the Zanzibar and Kenya Protectorate”, typescript, 1939; includes letter from Ernest M Dowson to Under Secretary of State, 6/4/39. Purchased 9 Oct 1958 1939

IALSLIB 13: DENNING, Alfred Thompson, Baron Denning (1899-1999): Sunday Times Weekly Review; folder of articles on Lord Denning 17 & 24 June 1973

Copyright: The Sunday Times

Archives Reference Original Library Reference Title Dates
IALSLIB 13  R/A a/c 116854  DENNING, Alfred Thompson, Baron Denning (1899-1999), judge, Master of the Rolls, Chairman, Committee on Legal Education for Students from Africa and Committee on Legal Records: Sunday Times Weekly Review; folder of articles on Lord Denning dated 17 & 24 June 1973.  1973

 

International Law Association (ILA): Archives, 1866-2019

International Law Association (ILA): Archives, 1866-2019

Administrative History

The International Law Association (ILA) was founded in Brussels in 1873 as an association 'to consist of Jurists, Economists, Legislators, Politicians and others taking an interest in the question of the reform and Codification of Public and Private International Law, the Settlement of Disputes by Arbitration, and the assimilation of the laws, practice and procedure of the Nations in reference to such laws' (afternoon sitting of the first conference of members, 19 November 1873: reference ILA 01/01). It was initially called the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations, changing its title to the International Law Association in the early 20th century. 

The Association was to consist of a Council of officers comprising a President, vice presidents, secretaries and other members of the Conference (called the Bureau), plus a series of local, departmental or provincial committees who were to report to the President. These committees have since expanded into International Committees. The ILA's activities are now organised by an Executive Council, assisted by the Headquarters Secretariat in London. Membership of the Association, at present about 4,200, is spread among branches throughout the world and ranges from lawyers in private practice, academia, industrial and financial spheres, and representatives of bodies such as shipping and arbitration organisations and chambers of commerce. The ILA has consultative status, as an international non-governmental organisation, with a number of the United Nations specialised agencies. 

The ILA's objectives are pursued primarily through the work of its International Committees and the focal point of its activities is the series of Biennial Conferences. These conferences, of which over 70 have so far been held in different locations throughout the world, provide a forum for the comprehensive discussion and endorsement of the work of the committees.

Access

The ILA operates a 30 year closure rule. Some items are further closed to public access under The Data Protection Act. Closed items are designated in red.

Selected Items

ILA 01/07/01: Papers and correspondence of Henry Diedrich Jencken, 1873-1910

Biographical note: Henry Diedrich Jencken served as Honorary General Secretary to the Association for the Reform and Codification of the Law of Nations between 1876 and 1881.

Reference Title Dates
ILA 01/07/01 Three letters from Henry Dunant [to Henry Diedrich Jencken] re the formation of the Association for the Reform and Codification of the International Law; newsletters of the English branch of the Universal Alliance; proposal paper of the International Anti-Slavery Committee of the Universal Alliance; occasional bulletin of the Alliance (French language); pamphlet ‘International Society for the Protection of Prisoners of War: A lecture delivered at Brighton, on the 15th of September, 1873 … by Henry Dunant’. Also includes envelope addressed to Wyndham Anstis Bewes in which the material was found. 1873-1910

ILA 01/07/05: Papers and correspondence of Francis Temple Grey, 1873-1930

Scope and content: The collection consists largely of records from Grey's work on the Samoa Relief Force in 1918.

Reference Title Dates
ILA 01/07/05/01  Samoa Relief Force 1918 - Log books. Journals, with enclosed correspondence, chronicling Grey's participation on the mission, with details of health conditions and provisions, supplies required and action pursued. Also contains loose sheets of hand-written notes, possibly drafts for correspondence. 2 volumes 1918-1919
ILA 01/07/05/02
 
Samoa Relief Force 1918 - Equipment and Stores. Lists of equipment ordered under Grey's instructions; correspondence and telegrams re orders and attempts to fill them. Includes orders of drugs and medical supplies, food and bedding. Telegrams also refer to outbreak of influenza, deaths among the soldiers 1918-1919
ILA 01/07/05/03 Samoa Relief Force 1918 - Routine Orders. Notebook labelled 'Samoa Relief Force 1918 Order Book', outlining staff duties, and several loose sheets of numbered 'Routine Orders', again allocating staff duties and timetables. Includes notes on rations; list of instructions for treatment and prevention of disease, entitled 'Lectures by Medical Officers to Men: Treatment of Patients'; sick notes; special orders for individual deployment. Also includes 'Windcharts of the Samoa-Islands: Made with the assistance of natives by H. Neffgen, Government Interpreter, Apia' 1918-1919
ILA 01/07/05/04 Samoa Relief Force 1918 - Medical notes made by Grey on conditions and treatments. Includes his notes for a survey into deaths on the islands; 'Reports of medical officers in charge of Sections'; notes on conditions in Tonga; 'Notes on Epidemic Bronchopneumonia (Spanish Influenza) in Samoa' by Francis Temple Grey (multiple copies); notes on insect borne disease, with sketch of insect [mosquito]; two small notebooks labelled A.T.S. 66 and 67, Royal Australian Navy, with details of patient symptoms; 'List of deaths of natives of Savaii', December 1918; lists of births and deaths in Savaii for the quarter ending 31st December 1918, forwarded to Grey by the Deputy Administrator of the British Military Occupation of Samoa; reports of medical relief cruises, 3rd and 14th December 1918 1918-1919
ILA 01/07/05/05 Samoa Relief Force 1918 - Cables and correspondence sent and received between Grey, the Administrator of Samoa, and the Governors of Fiji and New Zealand; Melbourne; Major Alexander and H.M.A.S. Encounter 1918-1919
ILA 01/07/05/06  Samoa Relief Force 1918 – Crimes. Charge sheets detailing names of accused, offences and punishments 1919
ILA 01/07/05/07  Samoa Relief Force 1918 - Costs 1918

ILA 02: Conference, 1874-2014

Administrative Background: The focal point of the ILA's activities is the series of Biennial Conferences. These conferences, of which 69 have so far been held in different locations throughout the world, provide a forum for the comprehensive discussion and endorsement of the work of the ILA's international committees.

Reference Title Dates
ILA 02/12 Conference at London, 1887. Paper presented at the 13th Conference: 'The Growth of Civilization and Law among the Native Races of Africa' by Dr. Flickinger (two copies). 1887
ILA 02/13 Conference at Liverpool, 1890. Paper presented at the 14th Conference: 'The Brussels Anti-Slavery Conference' by Joseph G. Alexander, L.L.B. (three copies). 1890
ILA 02/42/05

Reports presented by the following committees:

  • International Committee on the Enforcement of Human Rights Law;
  • Committee on International Monetary Law;
  • Committee on Legal Aspects of Long-Distance Air Pollution;
  • Committee on International Criminal Law;
  • International Space Law Committee;
  • International Committee on the Legal Status of Refugees;
  • International Committee on the Legal Aspects of Air Traffic Control;
  • International Committee on the Legal Aspects of InterCountry Adoption and Protection of Children;
  • International Committee on State Immunity; 
  • Committee on International Securities Regulation;
  • International Committee on the Legal Aspects of Extraterritorial Jurisdiction;
  • International Committee on Legal Aspects of a New International Economic Order;
  • International Committee on Cultural Heritage Law;
  • Committee on International Commercial Arbitration.
1990
ILA 02/43/05

Reports presented at the Sixty-Fifth Conference in Cairo by the following committees:

  • Committee on the Enforcement of Human Rights Law;
  • Committee on International Monetary Law;
  • Committee on Legal Aspects of Long-Distance Air Pollution;
  • Committee on the Formation of Rules of Customary (General) International Law;
  • International Committee on Space Law;
  • International Committee on the Legal Aspects of Air Traffic Control;
  • International Committee on Maritime Neutrality;
  • International Committee on State Immunity; 
  • Committee on International Securities Regulation;
  • International Committee on the EEZ [Exclusive Economic Zone];
  • International Committee on Legal Aspects of a New
  • International Economic Order;
  • International Committee on Cultural Heritage Law;
  • Committee on Arms Control and Disarmament Law;
  • Committee on International Commercial Arbitration.
1992
ILA 03: International Committees, 1875-2019
Reference Title Dates
ILA 03/43  Cultural Heritage Law Committee - administrative correspondence and emails, agreement, reports and papers. CLOSED until 2038 1988-2017
ILA 03/43/01

Administrative correspondence and memoranda. Predominately administrative correspondence and memoranda re nominations and appointments to the Committee, 1988-1992. Includes:

  • ‘ILA Queensland Conference (1990). International Committee on Cultural Heritage Law First Report’.
  • Annotated photocopy of report ‘International Committee on Cultural Heritage Law Working SessionChairman: Professor Fouad Riyad (Egypt)’, 1992.
  • Two successive draft conventions on the Underwater Cultural Heritage, 1993

CLOSED until 2024

1988-1993
ILA 03/43/02

Administrative correspondence and emails. Predominately re Final Report and Resolution, project on indigenous cultural landscapes, draft convention on immunity from seizure for cultural objects on loan, conference reports, meetings and an UNECO grant application for the ‘Heritage Law for the 201st Century’ project.

CLOSED until 2038. material). Some material (curricula vitae and private email addresses) CLOSED until 2092 (temporarily separated from the main file)

1994-2017
ILA 03/43/03

Photocopy of agreement re ‘Heritage Law of the 201st Century’ project, signed 16 October 2000

CLOSED until 2031

2000
ILA 03/43/04

 Reports and papers:

  • ‘Report and Draft Convention for Consideration’, ILA Cairo Conference, 1992.
  • ‘Draft Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage. Final Report’, ILA Buenos Aires Conference, August 1994. 3 copies.
  • Annotated draft: ‘Working Session Report’, 17 August 1994. Two covering letters.
  • ‘Working Session Report’, 012 August 1996. Two copies with covering letters.
  • Draft: report: ‘The Underwater Cultural Heritage: Comparison of Relevant International Instruments and Discussions. A Report for UNESCO by the International Law Association’, 1997. Together with a covering letter.
  • ‘Working Session Report’, 26 May 1998.
  • Draft report: ‘Heritage Law Creation – Second Report’, 1997. Together with a covering letter

CLOSED until 2028

1992-1997
ILA 03/62 Rights of Indigenous People Committee -administrative emails and database printouts, early memoranda 2006-2012
ILA 03/62/01

Administrative emails and database printouts. Predominately re nominations, membership and the Committee’s draft mandate.

CLOSED until 2042. Some material (curricula vitae) 
CLOSED until 2087 (temporarily separated from the main 
file).

2006-2012
ILA 03/62/02

Reports -‘Proposal for a Committee of the International Law Association on the Rights of Indigenous People’, undated memorandum by anonymous author.

  • ‘Preliminary Draft Mandate: ILA Indigenous Rights Committee, undated paper by anonymous author.

CLOSED until 2037.

c.2006

ILA 04: Regional branches of the ILA: records, 1877-2013

ILA 04/15: International Law Association in Gabon, n.d. [twentieth century]
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/15
 
One letter (two copies) from the secretary of the ILA replying to an expression of interest from R. Tchibota-Souamy about the establishment of a national branch in Gabon. n.d.
ILA 04/16: International Law Association in Ghana,1954-1965
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/16/01 Drafts of the constitution of the Gold Coast branch, and related correspondence between W. Harvey Moore and Edward Akufo-Addo 1954-1955
ILA 04/16/02.

Letters concerning financial returns from the Ghana branch. Includes letters from Thomas D. Hardy regarding political developments in Ghana and the implications for the future of the branch.

One letter has been temporarily removed in compliance with the Data Protection Act and is CLOSED until 2041

1954-1965
ILA 04/20: International Law Association in Ivory Coast, 1966-1968
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/20 Letter proposing the formation of a branch of the ILA in the Ivory Coast, with list of interested potential members, and subsequent correspondence re procedures 1966-1968
ILA 04/23: International Law Association in Libya, 1963
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/23  Correspondence re the establishment of a branch of the ILA in Libya. 1963
ILA 04/24: International Law Association in Mali, 1988
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/24 Correspondence re the establishment of a branch of the ILA in Mali. 1988
ILA 04/25: International Law Association in Morocco, 1984
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/25
 
Letter from Mohamed Lamouri introducing his organisation, l'Association Marocaine d'Études et de Récherches Internationales, its aims and statutes, and enquiring about establishment of a branch of the ILA in Morocco; reply from I.M. Phillips. 1984
ILA 04/27: International Law Association in Nigeria, 1975-1995
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/27

Correspondence re Tenth Annual Celebration of the Nigerian Society of International Law in 1979, and the establishment of a branch of the ILA in Nigeria, inaugurated in 1980 and formally recognised by the Executive Council in 1982. Later correspondence covers subscription fees and conference attendance. Subsequent failure to remit contributions or communication resulted in the declaration of the branch as inoperative in 1986. Also included in the file is a leaflet 'Nigerian Legal Documents Collections and Catalogues 1987/88'.

A small number of letters have been withdrawn from the folder and are CLOSED until 2057. Their contents are personal and do not relate to either the Nigerian Society of International Law or the branch of the ILA in Nigeria. Recommended for de-accessioning. Additional correspondence re the possible re-establishment of the Nigerian branch in the mid-1990s has been temporarily separated from the main file and CLOSED until 2070 (private addresses). Some material (private addresses) CLOSED until 2071 for data protection (temporarily separated from the main file).

1975-1995
ILA 04/31: International Law Association in Trinidad and Tobago, 1960-1985
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/31
 
Correspondence re the administration of the Trinidad and Tobago Branch of the ILA, founded in 1960 and dissolved by the Executive Council of the ILA in 1982. Includes statutes of the West Indies Branch of the International Law Association; references to political developments in the West Indies; text of a lecture by the Right Hon. Lord Wilberforce on human rights, delivered by him under the auspices of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau on Human Rights in 1979; 'An Overview of the Human Rights Situation in Trinidad and Tobago', text of a lecture presented by Mr. Ramesh Lawrence Maharaj at the Human Rights Rally of the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Human Rights in 1985 1960-1985
ILA 04/32 International Law Association in Turkey, 1959-1977
Reference  Title Dates
ILA 04/32/02 Administrative correspondence of the Turkish Branch of the ILA, possibly relating to Turkish members of the ILA. Mainly in Turkish, some letters are in English. Appears to focus on the work of the UN Security Council’s International War-Crime Suspects Tribunal re: BosniaHerzegovina, and the ethnic Turkish population in Western Thrace, Greece. CLOSED until 2028 1996-1997
ILA 04/35: International Law Association in Zambia, 1976-1988
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/35 Correspondence re attempts to establish a branch of the ILA in Zambia in 1977 and 1987-88 (the latter in response to a membership drive initiated by the Association). 1976-1988
ILA 04/36: International Law Association in Zimbabwe, 1975-1994
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/36/01 Correspondence re attempts to establish a branch of the ILA in Zimbabwe in 1984. Includes brief exchange (1975-6) re individual membership of Mr. J.N. Talbot in Rhodesia 1975-1984
ILA 04/36/02 Memorandum re later attempt to establish a branch of the International Law Association in Zimbabwe in November 1993. Written by Willem A. Hamel, Honorary Treasurer of the International Law Association. CLOSED until 2025 1994
ILA 04/41: International Law Association in Egypt, 1940-1988
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/41 Administrative correspondence. Includes: incomplete copy of minutes of an executive council meeting of 012 February 1940 noting resignation of Jasper Brinton; correspondence between Brinton and Arthur Jaffe, Honorary SecretaryGeneral of the ILA, re the organisation of an Egyptian Society for International Law and the establishment of an Egyptian branch of the ILA (1944); statutes of the Société Egyptienne de Droit International/Egyptian Society for International Law; drafts of statutes of the branch of the ILA in the United Arab Republic; continuing correspondence about the establishment and administration of an ILA branch in Egypt (approved in 1963), and its relation to the Egyptian Society for International Law (1946-1948; 1960-1970); ‘Declaration on Cuba’, pamphlet issued by the International Association for Democratic Lawyers, June 1961; correspondence re the absorption of the branch into the main body of the Egyptian Society for International Law in 1970, and transfer of individual membership to the headquarters branch (1971); correspondence re administration of individual membership (1985) and reestablishment of an Egyptian branch (1986); subsequent administrative correspondence (1986-1988). 1940-1988
ILA 04/45: International Law Association in India, [1950]-1989
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/45/01  Administrative correspondence re membership 1961-1965
ILA 04/45/02 Administrative correspondence re membership, branch organisational structure, subscriptions and branch contributions; correspondence and code of procedure for the Jawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding; membership lists; 1974-1975 New Delhi conference. 1970-1979
ILA 04/45/03
 
Administrative correspondence, much of it dealing with membership, branch remittances and distribution of conference reports. Includes a typed copy of the 'Declaration of the Citizen of the Kolhan Government Estate's Allegiance to the Commonwealth Countries and to the Crown', made by the members-delegates of the Kolhan Raksha Sangh, signed and dated 1981 1981-1989
ILA/4/45/04

Pamphlets and reports:

  • ‘The Indian Federation: Some of its Features’ by M.C. Setalvad, nd (c.1950).
  • International Law Association Regional Branch (India), 
  • ‘Annual Meeting, 1951, Proceedings, Part III: Aggression in International Law’.
  • International Law Association Regional Branch (India), ‘A Comparative Study of Human Rights in the Constitutions and Laws of the World’ by G.S. Pathak, nd (c.1952).
  • International Law Association Regional Branch (India), ‘A Review of the United Nations Charter’ by P.N. Murty, assisted by R. Gopalakrishnan, nd (c.1954).
  • Indian Branch of the International Law Association: Branch Sub-Committee on International Rivers, ‘A Paper on “Consideration of the Question of Diversion of Waters in International Rivers by the International Law Association”’, nd (c.1956).
  • ‘New International Economic Order Report (1982)’, following the Seminar on New International Economic Order at Bangalore Palace, Bangalore, December 20-201, 1981.
[1950]-1982
ILA 04/50: International Law Association in Pakistan, 1959-2006
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/50/01

Administrative correspondence. Includes completed membership application forms (1959); correspondence re formation of a branch of the ILA in Pakistan; discussions of branch remittances, conference attendance and travel expenses, proposed suspension of branch due to nonpayment of subscription fees (1983-1984); membership lists. Also includes list of detained lawyers in Pakistan jails, 1985

Some material (private addresses) CLOSED until 2061 (temporarily separated from the main file).

1959-1988
ILA 04/50/02
 

Administrative correspondence and emails re: branch contributions; contribution concession to branches in developing countries; membership of International Committees; membership lists; status of the Pakistani branch. Includes the Pakistani branch constitution, undated.

Some material (private addresses) CLOSED until 2081 (temporarily separated from the main file).

1986-2006
ILA 04/56: International Law Association in South Africa, 1971-1989
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/56 Administrative correspondence re possibility of establishing a branch of the ILA in South Africa, with 
specific reference to the terms of the UNESCO resolution 8 adopted by the General Conference at its sixteenth session (October-November 1970), and its 'investigation of international non-governmental organisations enjoying relations with UNESCO, which have branches, sections, affiliates or constituent parts in the Republic of South Africa or Southern Rhodesia or Portuguese-dominated African territories, with respect to the practice of racial discrimination or racial segregation in their policies, activities, or membership or their co-operation in any way with the apartheid policy of the Government of the Republic of South Africa'. 
1971-1989
ILA 04/59: International Law Association in Sri Lanka, 1960-2007
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/59/01 Administrative correspondence re: subscriptions of the Ceylon branch of the ILA, with list of office bearers of the branch (1960-1970); letter about political arrest and the State of Emergency, from the Ceylon Solidarity Campaign to the Secretary of the ILA (1972); annual report of the 29th annual general meeting of the Incorporated Law Society of Ceylon (1972); revival of the ILA branch in Sri Lanka (1975), with list of office bearers 1976/1977; discussions of subsequent revival of the branch (1985-1989). Includes press-cutting [from the Times] with text of speech made by J.R. Jayewardene at the Executive Sessions of the Commonwealth Heads of Government, 17th October 1985. 1960-1989
ILA 04/65: International Law Association in the Caribbean, 1993-1994
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/65

Correspondence re: attempts to establish a branch of the ILA in Barbados or elsewhere in the Caribbean.

CLOSED until 2025. Some material (private address) further CLOSED until 2069 (temporarily separated from the main file).

1993-1994
ILA 04/75: International Law Association in the Pacific Islands, 1992-2010
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/75

Administrative correspondence and emails re: establishment of the Pacific Islands branch in 1995; branch contributions; the future of the branch in 2010. Includes the Pacific Islands branch constitution and statutes, November 1995.

CLOSED until 2041. Some material (private addresses) further CLOSED until 2085 (temporarily separated from the main file).

1992-2010
ILA 04/76: International Law Association in Singapore, 1978-1995
Reference Title Dates
ILA 04/76

Administrative correspondence re: proposal and eventual formation of the Singaporean branch in 1983; application for the branch to cease to exist, 1995. Includes the Singaporean branch constitution, undated; statutes (two different versions, one undated and the other dated 014 December 1982); membership approval forms; membership index cards.

CLOSED until 2026. Some material (private addresses) further CLOSED until 2070 (temporarily separated from the main file).

1978-1995
ILA 06: Library, 1866-1969
Reference Title Dates

ILA 06/26

 Pamphlets relating to issues of ethnic minorities and state sovereignty:

  • ‘An Inquiry into the Ethnography of Afghanistan’ by H.W. Bellew, 18901.
  • ‘Abhängige Länder: Eine Analyse des Begriffs von der ursprünglichen Herrschergewalt’ by Dr. Robert Redslog, 19014.
  • ‘Carte Ethnographique de l’Europe’, colour-coded map, 1918.
  • ‘Nation und Staat: Deutsche Zeitschrift für das europäische Minoritätenproblem’, 1927.
1891-1927
ILA 06/27

 Pamphlets relating to issues of empire and colonialism:

  • ‘The Native Labour in the Transvaal: Extracts from the 
  • “Industrial Commission of Inquiry Report and Proceedings” published in Johannesburg in 1897’.
  • ‘Questions of Empire: A Rectorial Address delivered before the Students of the University of Glasgow November the Sixteenth Nineteen Hundred’ by Lord Rosebery, 1900.
  • ‘The Present State of India: An appeal to Anglo-Indians’ by K.E. Ghamat, 1905.
  • ‘The Australian Natives: Tragedy and Romance’ by Sir John Harris, published by the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, 1937.
  • ‘Australian Aborigines’, leading article reprinted from The Times, Thursday November 25 1937.
1897-1937
ILA 06/40/5

Clippings 1936-1937 relating to Africa and other subjects;

  • Book with one page of clippings of poetry from 1916, bookplate with the name Grace V. Woodruff;
  • Two scrapbooks with clippings from The Times Law Reports, 1961-1962.
1916-1962

The Law Society: Examination Records, 1836-1989

The Law Society: Examination Records, 1836-1989

Administrative History

The Law Society was founded in London in 1825 as the Society of Attorneys, Solicitors, Proctors and others not being barristers, having been previously established in 1823 as The London Law Institution. It acquired its first Royal Charter in 1831 and a further charter in 1845 established it as an independent professional organisation. The Society has delivered legal education in England since 1835 and has set examinations since 1836. From 1887-1984 these were also set for those sitting the examination in the colonies and commonwealth.

Selected items

LSOC 14: Colonial and Commonwealth Examinations, 1887-1984

Access: Files less than 75 years old are closed under the Data Protection Act 1998

Scope and Contents: The volumes include correspondence regarding the administration of examinations, results, some photographs, and examination papers. There is also a box of incomplete, loose examination papers for Commonwealth countries. Details of each item are given in the Scope and Contents field

Finding Aids: Records up to 1946 (ref: LSOC 14/01-08) have been digitised by by Ancestry and access to the digitised versions, including downloading digital copies for private research, is subject to Ancestry’s terms and conditions. To find the examination record of any individual in the collection search here: https://www.ancestry.co.uk/search/collections/62335/

Reference Title Scope and Contents Dates
LSOC 14/01 Colonial Examinations: Barbados Correspondence re examinations taking place in Barbados. 1887-1906
LSOC 14/02 Colonial Examinations: Barbados Correspondence re examinations taking place in Barbados. 1907-1922
LSOC 14/03 Colonial Examinations: Barbados 1914-1922; British Guiana 1922-1923 Bound examination papers for Barbados and British Guiana. 1914-1923
LSOC 14/04 Barbados Intermediate and Final Examinations Divided into 2 sections - intermediate at front, finals at rear of volume, then arranged chronologically according to sitting. Intermediate, information recorded: name of candidate; marks - Stephen's commentaries; Trust Accounts and Book- Keeping. Finals, information recorded: name of candidate; [marks] conveyancing; equity; common law and bankruptcy; divorce, probate etc; total. 1889 -1954
LSOC 14/05  Colonial Examinations: British Guiana Correspondence re examinations taking place in British Guiana. Including photograph of Joseph Gonsalves. 1905-1922
LSOC 14/06  Colonial Examinations Jamaica Correspondence, photographs of candidates; copies of relevant legislation. 1897-1906
LSOC 14/07  Colonial Examinations Jamaica Correspondence re holding of examinations in Jamaica. 1907-1922
LSOC 14/08  Colonial Examinations Jamaica Copies of examination papers.  1914-1924
LSOC 14/09 

Jamaica Intermediate and Final Examinations Entries from 1948 

CLOSED 

Divided into 2 sections - Intermediate at front, finals at rear of volume, then arranged chronologically according to sitting. Intermediate, information recorded: name of candidate; remarks; marks -Stephen's commentaries; Trust Accounts and Book- Keeping. Finals, information recorded: name of candidate; [marks] conveyancing; equity; common law and bankruptcy; divorce, probate etc; total. 1899-1954
LSOC 14/10  Northern Rhodesia 
Intermediate and 
Final Examinations 
(Including results for 
Grenada). Entries 
from 1948 CLOSED

 
Divided into 4 sections: intermediate [Rhodesia?],1922-1952; intermediate Grenada 1941-1949; finals [N Rhodesia?], 1925-1953; finals Grenada 1945-1950. Arranged chronologically according to sitting Intermediate, information recorded: name of candidate; marks - Stephen's commentaries; Trust Accounts and Book- Keeping. Finals,information recorded: name of 
candidate; [marks] conveyancing; 
equity; common law and bankruptcy; 
divorce, probate etc; total.
1922 -1949
LSOC 14/11  Colonial Examinations: Trinidad Correspondence re examinations taking place in Trinidad. 1894-1906
LSOC 14/12  Colonial Examinations: Trinidad Correspondence re examinations. 1907-1922
LSOC 14/13  Colonial Examinations: Trinidad Bound examination papers for Trinidad. 1914-1924
LSOC 14/14

Trinidad Intermediate and Final Examinations Entries from 1948 

CLOSED

Divided into 2 sections - Intermediate at front, finals at rear of volume, then arranged chronologically according to sitting. Intermediate, information recorded: name of candidate; remarks; marks -Stephen's commentaries; Trust Accounts and Book- Keeping. Finals, information recorded: name of candidate; [marks] conveyancing; equity; common law and bankruptcy; divorce, probate etc; total. 1916-1954
LSOC 14/15 
 
Colonial Final Examinations Entries from 1948 CLOSED Information recorded: name of candidate; Degree and University (if any); Address; Name and Address of Solicitors to whom Articled (and further articled); Remarks; [Marks] -compulsory papers; [Marks] -Optional Papers; Home country of candidate; whether exam held in London; Date of exam. Arranged roughly chronologically according to year. 1954-1962
LSOC 14/16 

[Colonial Intermediate and Final Examinations] Entries from 1948 

CLOSED

Divided into 2 sections - Intermediate at front, finals at rear of volume, then arranged chronologically according to sitting. Intermediate, information recorded: name of candidate; [marks] Trust Accounts and Book Keeping. Finals, information recorded: name of candidate; address; date and place of exam[marks] conveyancing; equity; common law and bankruptcy; divorce, probate etc; total. This volume is difficult to identify. It is titled "British Guiana Final Examinations {Including Trust Accounts and Book-Keeping}. However, elsewhere trust accounts and Book Keeping form part of the intermediate exams. In addition, on the spine alongside the embossed "British Guiana" written in ball point pen is "Hong Kong". There is no immediate indication in the volume of there being two separate countries as the entries are chronological. Other volumes containing two or more countries generally are clear as to which country is being referred to. 1914-1954
LSOC 14/17 

Colonial Intermediate Examinations 

CLOSED until 2038

Information recorded: Name of Candidate; Address; Remarks; [Marks] - Legal portion - Real Property; Contract and Tort; Public Law; Total; [Marks] Trust Accounts & Book-Keeping; Total. Arranged chronologically and then according to country. 1954-1962
LSOC 14/18 
 

Colonial

CLOSED until 2046

Results volume: (no candidate number) name, degree, age, address, Principal, remarks, results, country. Arranged according to exam sitting (Feb, May, Aug, Nov) and then by country and roughly alphabetically by surname. Part I and Part II Feb 1963-Aug 1970
LSOC 14/19  Colonial, volume 2 CLOSED until 2051 Results volume: (no candidate number) name, degree, age, address, Principal, remarks, results, country. Arranged according to exam sitting (Feb, May, Aug, Nov) and then by country and roughly alphabetically by surname. Part I and Part II Nov 1970-Aug 1975
LSOC 14/20 

Commonwealth

CLOSED until 2055

Results volume: (no candidate number) name, degree, age, address, Principal, remarks, results, country. Arranged according to exam sitting (Feb, May, Aug, Nov) and then by country and roughly alphabetically by surname. Part I and Part II Nov 1975-Aug 1979
LSOC 14/21 

Commonwealth. 

Volume 4 CLOSED 
until 2058

Results volume: (no candidate number) name, degree, age, address, Principal, remarks, results, country. Arranged according to exam sitting (Feb, May, Aug, Nov) and then by country and roughly alphabetically by surname. Part I and Part II. Second half of volume is blank Nov 1979-Feb 1982
LSOC 14/22 
 
Commonwealth examination papers (loose)

Examination papers (incomplete):

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Jamaica, Trinidad May 1963; Nov 1967

Qualifying Examinations Part 1: Barbados Nov 1963 Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Trinidad Nov 1963; May 1964; May1965; May 1966

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Hong Hong May 1963; Nov 1963; May 
1964; Nov 1966; May 1967

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Northern Rhodesia, Nov 1964 Qualifying Examinations Part II: Guyana, Nov 1967

May 1963-Nov 1967
LSOC 14/23  Commonwealth examination papers (loose)

Examination papers (incomplete):

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Hong Kong, May 1968; Nov 1968; May 1969; Nov 1969

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Possibly Zambia, May 1970, Nov 1971; Nov 1972

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Jamaica, Nov 1970

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Trinidad, May 1971; Nov 1971

May 1968-Nov 1972
LSOC 14/24  Commonwealth examination papers (loose)

Examination papers (incomplete):

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Barbados Nov 1973; Nov 1974

Qualifying Examinations Parts I-II: Hong Kong Nov 1973

Qualifying Examinations Part I: Jamaica Nov 1973

Nov 1973-Nov 1974

Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA): Archives, 1972-2017

Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA): Archives, 1972-2017

Administrative History

According to a statement of ethical practice in the Socio-Legal Studies Association's 1995 Directory of Members, socio-legal studies may be defined as embracing "disciplines and subjects concerned with the social effects of the law, legal processes, institutions and services". SLSA was established to promote and support the work of sociolegal scholars, to facilitate the regular exchange of ideas and information and to represent the socio-legal research interest in discussions with other bodies.

The SLSA grew out of an informal group of academics who met at annual conferences to discuss matters of interest. In 1988 it was decided that the group needed a higher profile, and a conference was arranged in Oxford which was attended by over 100 people. The success of the conference permitted another to be held in Edinburgh in 1989, at which the proposal was made to create a formal Association. A Steering Committee was set up to formally establish the SLSA at the 1990 conference in Bristol, using some funds from various law faculties and from the Nuffield Foundation. A newsletter was first published in March 1989; in 1990 an editor was appointed to produce a regular newsletter.

Selected Items

SLSA 5: Papers and Proceedings of Annual Conferences and Postgraduate Conferences, 1993-2017
Reference Title Scope and Contents Dates
SLSA 5/15 SLSA Postgraduate Conference, Birkbeck, 2009 Equality Monitoring Form 2009

Professor William L Twining, Law Teacher (TWIN): Papers, 1944-2006

Professor William L Twining, Law Teacher (TWIN): Papers, 1944-2006

Biographical History

William Lawrence Twining (b.1934) has had a long and distinguished career in law teaching and has been involved in many projects relating to legal education. He was educated at Charterhouse School, Brasenose College, Oxford and the University of 
Chicago. He was Chair of the Commonwealth Legal Education Association (CLEA) from 1983-1993 and Supervisor of the Commonwealth Legal Records Project (records held in the IALS Archives; ref: CLRP). 

University posts:

  • Lecturer in Private Law at the University of Khartoum (1958-1961)
  • Senior Lecturer in Law at University College, Dar-es-Salaam (1961-1965)
  • Professor of Jurisprudence at the Queen's University, Belfast (1965-1972)
  • Professor of Law at the University of Warwick (1972-1982)
  • Quain Professor of Jurisprudence at University College London (1983-1996)
  • Director of University of London LLM Review (1992-1993)

Selected Items

TWIN 02 Papers relating to organisations and bodies of which Prof Twining was a member, 1965-1996
Reference Title Scope and Contents Dates
TWIN 02/02/01
 
Programme and papers delivered at the CLEA Seminar 1975 Joint seminar between CLEA and International Legal Center, December 1975, taking as its starting point the ILC Report on Legal Education in a Changing World. Includes Commonwealth Institute for Legal Education and Training Proposal for teacher training. Papers collated by Fiona Cownie. 1975
TWIN 02/02/02  Papers re the Commonwealth Legal Education Association Correspondence, Includes African law schools and legal skills taught in the Commonwealth. 1982-1992
TWIN 02/02/03 Printed material and correspondence regarding legal teaching and provision of legal information in Zimbabwe and South Africa Includes correspondence with Cassandra Goldie re "Notes on visits to Nairobi, Lesotho, Harare." 1988-
1993
TWIN 02/02/04 Outline of training weekend entitled Reforming legal education to meet society's needs: the Xanadu case Faxed document, pages 3 to 5 only. 1989
TWIN 02/02/05 File: "Legal Awareness": Papers re The Commonwealth Legal Education Association Includes correspondence with the Ford Foundation and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative 1991-1992
TWIN 02/04/09 Equal Opportunities at the Inns of Court School of Law: Final Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Equal Opportunities on the Bar Vocational Course Annotated. 1994
TWIN 03 Papers relating to research projects, 1965-2014
Reference Title Dates
TWIN 03/02/03 Report: Law for Non-Lawyers: Some Preliminary Reflections, William Twining, prepared for Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministries, Sri Lanka, Feb 1983.  1983
TWIN 
03/04/02/30
"W&N Dummett & Nicol 1982 Pub". Correspondence re proposed volume British Nationality and Immigration by Ann Dummett and Andrew Nicol 1981-1982
TWIN 03/27/03 Papers relating to William Twining’s role as an External Examiner for law examinations at: Ahmadu Bello University; University of East Africa and the University of Ife, Nigeria 1967-1970
TWIN 04 Third party research material and articles, 1944-2006
Reference Title Dates
TWIN 04/02/03 Report on the Committee on Legal Education from Students from Africa 1961
TWIN 04/02/04 Report of the Commission for the Reorganisation of Legal Education in Kerala 1964
TWIN 04/02/42 Conference programme for Lawasia '93, held in Sri Lanka 1993