Background
Morison, John William Edgar was born on March 8, 1958 in Belfast, England. Son of John Edgar and Ellen Morison.
Morison, John William Edgar was born on March 8, 1958 in Belfast, England. Son of John Edgar and Ellen Morison.
Bachelor of Laws, University College Cardiff, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wales, Cardiff, 1982.
Visiting research fellowship Institute Advanced Legal Studies, London, 1992—1993. Professor jurisprudence Queen's University, Belfast, England, since 1996. Senior visiting research fellow Queen Mary, University London, 2001.
Honorary senior research fellow, Constitution Unit, University London, 2002—2007. Visiting exchange professor School Law, University Cape Town, South Africa, 2002. Head school law Queen's University Belfast, 2003—2007.
Visiting research professor University Utrecht, Netherlands, 2008. Board member European Public Law Ctr, Organization, Athens, Greece, since 1996. Governor Malone College, Integrated College South and W. Belfast, 1998—2002.
Board member Democratic Dialogue, Belfast, 2001—2008. Member Council Legal Education Northern Ireland, Belfast, 2003—2007. Independent member Government Taskforce Resourcing Voluntary and Community Sections, Belfast, 2003—2004.
Council member Council Pharmaceutical Society Northern Ireland, Belfast, 2003—2004. Member peer review college Arts and Humanities Research Board, Bristol, since 2003. Commissioner Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission, Belfast, since 2005.
Trustee Hamlyn Trust, Exeter, since 2006. Member Curatorium Academy Public Law, Athens, Greece, since 2007.
Fellow: Higher Education Academy. Member: Royal Irish Academy.
Married Sue Royall; children: Rachel Laura, Hannah Caroline.