Neil MacCormick – A Personal Memoir

Abstract

Brilliantly articulate, witty persons of towering intellect and the highest academic achievement are by no means always admirable or likeable individuals. Should they also have considerable political acumen and knowledge, resulting in the holding of a wide range of academic and public offices, the chances of them being people with whom it is a delight to spend a few hours, still less a weekend in the country, are even more slender. Of course there are exceptions, and undoubtedly few folk of such distinction are or were as deeply endearing as Neil MacCormick who was admired and loved in equal measure by so many.