William Cornish

William Cornish, Herchel Smith Professor of Intellectual Property Law, University of Cambridge, J Stuart Anderson, Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Otago, Ray Cocks, Professor of law at the University of Keele, Michael Lobban, Professor of Legal History at Queen Mary, University of London, Patrick Polden, Professor of Law at Brunel University, and Keith Smith, Professor of Law at Cardiff Law School William Cornish, FBA, QC (Hon) is the author of Law and Society in England, 1750-1950 (1989). He was Professor of English Law at the LSE and then Professor of Law at Cambridge. At both he taught Modern Legal History and Intellectual Property. His interest in law of the Victorian age grew from a desire to make his students more alive to the historical background of their studies. He has been the coordinator of the present Volumes. Work on them has largely absorbed his energies since retirement. of Intellectual Property Law, University of Cambridge.