Alan Paterson

ALAN PATERSON graduated in law at Edinburgh University in 1969. He started his research at the House of Lords while a postgraduate student at Oxford University and was a research associate at the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies from 1972 to 1973. After qualifiying as a solicitor he was awarded his doctorate in 1977. He has been a lecturer at Edinburgh University and is currently a lecturer at Strathclyde University. He has written extensively on the British judiciary and on the provision...See more

ALAN PATERSON graduated in law at Edinburgh University in 1969. He started his research at the House of Lords while a postgraduate student at Oxford University and was a research associate at the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies from 1972 to 1973. After qualifiying as a solicitor he was awarded his doctorate in 1977. He has been a lecturer at Edinburgh University and is currently a lecturer at Strathclyde University. He has written extensively on the British judiciary and on the provision of legal services in the United Kingdom. See less