Neil Walker (lawyer)

Neil Walker studied at the School of Law of the University of Strathclyde, graduating with a First class LL.B. in 1981. He taught public law at the University of Edinburgh from 1986 to 1996,[1] obtaining a Ph.D. from the University of Strathclyde's Department of Human Resource Management, entitled Police culture and organisation, in 1991.[2]

In 1996, he was appointed Professor of Legal and Constitutional Theory at the School of Law of the University of Aberdeen,[1] and in 2000 moved to the European University Institute in Florence, where he was Professor of European Law, and served as dean of studies from 2002 to 2005.[1] In 2008, he returned to Edinburgh as Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations, succeeding Sir Neil MacCormick. His research interests lie mainly in constitutional theory, as well as the relationship between security, legal order and political community.[1]

He has also held a number of visiting appointments, including as visiting professor in the department of philosophy, University of Tilburg, in 2000; visiting professor of law at Columbia Law School, Columbia University in 2005; Eugene Einaudi Chair of European Studies, Law School of Cornell University in 2007; and distinguished visiting professor of law, University of Toronto Faculty of Law, in 2007.[1]