Alan Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry

Alan Ferguson Rodger, Baron Rodger of Earlsferry FRSE, FBA, PC, QC ( born September 18, 1944 in Glasgow, Scotland, † 26 June 2011) was a British lawyer and judge on the United Kingdom Supreme Court.

Family and Education

Rodger was born as the son of psychology professor Thomas Ferguson Rodger and his wife Jean Margaret Smith Chalmers. He received at the Kelvinside Academy His school education. This is followed by a study at the University of Glasgow followed, where he also earned a Bachelor of Laws from both the MA as. In addition to his doctorate at New College, University of Oxford, where until 1972 he was a lecturer from 1970, Rodger worked as a research fellow at Balliol College.

Professional activity

His license to practice law was Rodger in 1974 and his profession as a lawyer, he practiced first as an employee of the Faculty of Advocats. As early as 1979, he joined the Civil Service and worked as a legal adviser to the Trade and Industry Ministry. After he was appointed Attorney General by Queen Elizabeth II in 1985, he turned to the work as a prosecutor. From 1985 to 1988 he was engaged as such at the Supreme Court of Scotland. He was appointed in 1989 to the Scottish Attorney General. 1992 moved Rodger then in the position of the Lord Advocate. At the same time, he was awarded as Baron Rodger of Earlsferry, of Earlsferry and North East Fife a Life Peerage. From 1996 to 2001 he was Lord President of the Court in session, before he was appointed Lord of Appeal in Ordinary. On 1 October 2009 he took as one of two Scots on the office as a judge on the United Kingdom Supreme Court, which he held until his death.

Awards and Affiliations

Publications (selection )

• Owners and neighbors in Roman law. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1972, ISBN 0-19-825309-5.
• Mapping the law. Oxford University Press, Oxford 2006, ISBN 978-0-19-920655-1.
• The Courts, The Church and The Constitution. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh 2008, ISBN 978-0-7486-3754-6.