employer gerry maher
Strathclyde Law ___MASK86___ was established in 1964 and operates within the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at the ___MASK81___ , in Glasgow , Scotland . Edinburgh is the ___MASK74___ city of Scotland and one of its 32 local government council areas . Located in Lothian on the Firth of Forth ' s southern shore , it is Scotland ' s second most populous city and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom . The 2014 official population estimates are 464 , 990 for the city of Edinburgh , 492 , 680 for the local authority area , and 1 , 339 , 380 for the city region as of 2014 ( Edinburgh lies at the heart of the proposed Edinburgh and South East Scotland city region ). Recognised as the ___MASK74___ of Scotland since at least the 15th century , Edinburgh is home to the Scottish Parliament and the seat of the monarchy in Scotland . The city is also the annual venue of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland and home to national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland , the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery . It is the largest financial centre in the UK after London . The Scottish Law Commission is Scottish advisory public body established by ___MASK58___ in 1965 to keep the law of Scotland under review and recommend necessary reforms to improve , simplify and update Scots law . It was established by the Law Commissions Act 1965 ( as amended ) at the same time as the Law Commission in England and Wales . Appointments are ordinarily made in accordance with the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland ' s Code of Practice . The ___MASK38___ ( abbreviated as Edin . in post - nominals ), founded in 1582 , is the sixth oldest university in the English - speaking world and one of Scotland ' s ancient universities . The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city of Edinburgh , with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university . The ___MASK81___ is a Scottish public research university located in Glasgow , United Kingdom . Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute , it is Glasgow ' s second - oldest university , with the university receiving its royal charter in 1964 as the UK ' s first technological university . It takes its name from the historic Kingdom of Strathclyde . Scotland ( Scots : ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain . It shares a border with England to the south , and is otherwise surrounded by ___MASK78___ Ocean , with the North Sea to the east and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the south - west . In addition to the mainland , the country is made up of more than 790 islands , including the Northern Isles and the Hebrides . The ___MASK58___ , commonly known as the UK Parliament or British Parliament , is the supreme legislative body in the United Kingdom , British Crown dependencies and British overseas territories . It alone possesses legislative supremacy and thereby ultimate power over all other political bodies in the UK and its territories . Its head is the Sovereign of the United Kingdom ( currently Queen ___MASK73___ ) and its seat is the Palace of Westminster in the City of Westminster , London . Gerard ' Gerry ' Maher QC is a Scottish lawyer and academic . He was a Law Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission from 2000 -- 2008 , and is currently Professor of Criminal Law at the ___MASK38___ . He was Professor of Criminal Law at Strathclyde Law ___MASK86___ from 1992 -- 2000 . Maher studied Law at the University of Glasgow and obtained a B . Litt . at the University of Oxford in 1976 . He was admitted to the Faculty of Advocates in 1987 and was a practising Advocate from 1989 to 1991 . He was appointed as a full - time Commissioner at the Scottish Law Commission in February 2000 , and was appointed Queen ' s Counsel in 2003 . Professor Maher is the author of textbooks on international private law and ( with Sheriff Douglas Cusine ) is the author of a textbook on the law of diligence ( the means by which civil law judgments are enforced against assets in Scotland ) . During his time at the Scottish Law Commission Professor Maher had responsibility for finalising the Commission work on the reform of the law of diligence - largely implemented by the Bankruptcy and Diligence ( Scotland ) Act 2007 . Professor Maher has recently been in charge of the Scottish Law Commission ' s proposed reform of rape laws ; his term of office at the Commission ended on 31 August 2008 .