Hector L MacQueen

Hector MacQueen is a publicly appointed Scottish Law Commissioner, legal scholar and leading expert on intellectual property. He is Vice President (Humanities) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a trustee and former executive director of Scottish neoliberal think tank, the David Hume Institute (DHI).
A member of the Edinburgh University Law School since 1979, MacQueen has taken a leave of absence from his post as Professor of Private Law to carry out his full-time duties at the Scottish Law Commission until 2014. University of Edinburgh, School of Law, Academic staff: Hector MacQueen, accessed 10 June, 2010 This independent law reform body makes recommendations to improve, simplify and update the laws of Scotland. Its appointments are ‘made on merit and political activity plays no part in the process’ however appointees must publicly declare any political activity, in line with the Nolan recommendations. A Scottish government press release announcing MacQueen’s selection in September 2009 stated neither he nor another appointee 'had undertaken any political activities over the past five years'. 
==Career==
*Scottish Law Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission (2009-2014). He receives £105,668 per annum.Scottish Government news release dated 28/09/09, Scottish Law Commission, accessed 10 June 2010. 
*Vice-President (Humanities) of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (2008-2011)
*Professor of Private Law, Edinburgh University (1994- )
*Visiting Professor, Stetson University College of Law (2007-2009) 
*Dean of Research and Deputy Head of the College of Humanities and Social Science in Edinburgh University (2004-2008)
*Director (2002-2007) and co-director since 2007 of SCRIPT, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law 
*Scottish representative on the UK Justice Ministry Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information (2004- )
*Chair, Scottish Records Advisory Council (2001-2004)
*Dean of the Edinburgh Law School (1999-2003)
*Literary Director, Stair Society (1999- )
*Executive Director (1991-1995) and director Kuenssberg, Nick and Lomas, Gillian. (eds) (1995) The David Hume Institute. The First Decade. Edinburgh: The David Hume Institute p. 1 (1995-??) David Hume Institute
*Scottish representative, Commission on European Contract Law (1995-2001)
*Member, Intellectual Property Accreditation Panel, The Law Society of Scotland, (1990-2010)
*Contributor,  European Intellectual Property Review (1983-2010)
==Affiliations==
*Trustee, The David Hume Institute, Edinburgh Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. (since at least 1996)
*Shareholding, Banco Santander Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Fellow, Royal Society of Edinburgh Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Fellow, British Academy Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Advisory Council of Experts, Intellectual Property Institute, London Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Intellectual Property Working Party, Law Reform Committee, Law Society of Scotland Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Accreditation Panel, Law Society of Scotland Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Society of Legal Scholars Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Council Member, Scottish Text Society Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Vice-president, Scottish Text Society Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Scottish History Society Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Scottish Records Society Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Ramblers Association Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, National Trust for Scotland Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Friends of Historic Scotland Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Friends of Kyle & Lochalsh Railway Line Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Chair and Member, Scottish Medievalists Conference Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Welsh Legal History Society Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Editorial Board of Dundee University Press Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
*Member, Selden Society Advisory Panel on Public Sector Information, members interests, Hector MacQueen, accessed 14 June 2010. 
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