William Wade (legal scholar)
Sir William Wade QC FBA | |
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| Born | Henry William Rawson Wade 16 January 1918 |
| Died | 12 March 2004 (aged 86) |
| Other names | HWR Wade |
| Education | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
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| Children | 2 sons |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Constitutional law, United Kingdom administrative law |
Sir Henry William Rawson Wade QC FBA (16 January 1918 – 12 March 2004)[2] was a British academic lawyer, best known for his work on the law of real property and administrative law.[3]
Wade was educated at
LLD, and the honorary degree of LittD from Cambridge University
.
In 1985, he gave evidence for the defence at the trial of
Falklands war, at which Ponting was acquitted.[4]
He believed and first proposed that the "
Wade was an oarsman, mountaineer and a keen gardener in latter years.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Professor Sir William Wade, The Telegraph, 18 Mar 2004
- ^ PDFformat, 29 pages)
- ^ Professor Sir William Wade, Q.C. passes away, cam.ac.uk, Thursday 22 April 2004.
- ^ Sir William Wade, Guardian, 24 March 2004
- ^ "The basis of legal sovereignty", Cambridge Law Journal, 1955, p 193
External links
- Obituary by Dr Christopher Forsyth, of the Cambridge Faculty of Law
- Obituary in the Guardian newspaper
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