New blog series by Prof Graeme Laurie reflecting on law and legacy in medical jurisprudence

In 2019, Professor Graeme Laurie stepped down from the Chair of Medical Jurisprudence at Edinburgh Law School, where he remains a Professorial Fellow. In tribute, a festschrift was published in 2021 by Cambridge University Press (CUP). Law and Legacy in Medical Jurisprudence: Essays in Honour of Graeme Laurie, edited by Edinburgh Law School's Dr Edward Dove and Prof Niamh Nic Shuibhne, contains a collection of essays that explore Prof Laurie's extraordinary scholarship and impact (so far!) in the field of medical jurisprudence.

In response to the festschrift, Prof Laurie will be writing a series of comment pieces for fifteeneightyfour, the blog of Cambridge University Press.

The unifying theme that will connect the blogposts is the concept of legacy. Prof Laurie will explore what it means to leave a legacy in academia and asks whether legacy is necessarily and always a positive last mark, or serves to connect members of a particular community over time.

In his first post, Prof Laurie reflects on teaching in the field of medical jurisprudence. Four more blogposts will be posted on a weekly basis at fifteeneightyfour.

Read the first full post (1 of 5): The debate is endless, but it is far from pointless – Lessons in legacy from teaching medical jurisprudence