This program is 50 minutes. Todays lecture will be on the magna carta. A document of great historical significance to the rule of law. The 800th anniversary of which will be two weeks from today. And we are honored and privileged to have as our lecturer, the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the right honorable baroness hale of richmond. Let me describe a bit the historical feats that lady hale has herself accomplished. She was the only member of she was the woman. She was only member of the u. K. Supreme court to be a woman. She was the first and only woman in 1999 was the when she was appointed to the court of appeals. In 1994, she was the First High Court judge to come from a background as an academic and a Public Servant rather than as a practicing banister, although she had been called to the bar in 1969 and 1989. When she practiced law briefly in manchester, she decided that the ratio, one of six women in her class, she was the only member of that class
, that tour will begin at 2 00 p. M. , or trustees may have a Board Meeting at its 00 p. M. And were those of you with tickets at 3 00 p. M. Thank you very much for attending. Lady hale, thank you very much. [applause] you are watching American History tv. 48 hours of American History tv programming on cspan3. Follow us on twitter for a schedule of upcoming programs and to keep up with the latest history news. Welcome to omaha on American History tv. Founded in 1854 by speculators from neighboring Council Bluffs, iowa this city on the banks of the Missouri River became a terminus for the Transcontinental Railroad, helping spur the towns growth in its early days. With a population over 400,000 today omaha is nebraskas largest cities. With the help of our cox Cable Partners, we will explore the history of this midwestern city. Coming up, here about omahas military history. The air force base was once a home to the Strategic Air command during the cold war. The might and strength of the a
Significance to the rule of law. The 800th anniversary of which will be two weeks from today. And we are honored and privileged to have as our lecturer the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the honorable, barren else of richland. The historical feats that the lady has herself accomplished. She is the first and as far as the only member of the Supreme Court to be a woman. She was the first and only longhorn that was a woman in 1999 when she was appoint to the court of appeals and only the second woman appointed to the court of appeal and privy council. She was the First High Court judge to come from an academic and serve ant. She had been called to the bar in 1969 and in 1989. When she practiced law briefly in manchester, she decided the ratio, as much as she had seen in cambridge, she was one of six women in her class. She was the only one to get a star first for exceptional distinction. She became an academic at Manchester City specializing in family law, wr
Unidentified suspect and released a sketch of the man. They say he took a motorcycle taxi from a point about 400 meters south of the blast site. He got off near a park about one kilometer away and they say his appearance indicated that he may not be from thailand. I wonder which way the Supreme Court of the United States would have decided it . Whatever the answer, it seems clear to me that the values which underpinned thing magna cartas of 1215 and 1225 are as important today as they were then and much in need of protection in our courts. Thank you. [ applause ]. Thank you, lady hill for the spirited interesting illuminating and entertaining remarks on this fundamental document to rule of law in the United States and the united kingdom. And we look forward to seeing the remarks printed in upcoming journal in the journal of Supreme Court history. I also want to thank you the justice for her attendance this afternoon. One of the things that the lady mentioned thanks to dorothy goldman,
The magna carta as we called it into this year. A document of great historical significance to the rule of law. The 800th anniversary of which will be two weeks from today. And we are honored and privileged to have as our lecturer the Deputy President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the honorable, barren else of richland. The historical feats that the lady has herself accomplished. She is the first and as far as the only member of the Supreme Court to be a woman. She was the first and only longhorn that was a woman in 1999 when she was appoint to the court of appeals and only the second woman appointed to the court of appeal and privy council. She was the First High Court judge to come from an academic and serve ant. She had been called to the bar in 1969 and in 1989. When she practiced law briefly in manchester, she decided the ratio, as much as she had seen in cambridge, she was one of six women in her class. She was the only one to get a star first for exceptional distin