Background
Stevens, Robert Bocking was born on June 8, 1933 in United Kingdom. Naturalized, 1971. Son of John Skevington and Enid Dorothy (Bocking) Stevens.
Stevens, Robert Bocking was born on June 8, 1933 in United Kingdom. Naturalized, 1971. Son of John Skevington and Enid Dorothy (Bocking) Stevens.
Bachelor, Oxford University, 1955. Bachelor of Civil Law, Oxford University, 1956. Master of Arts, Oxford University, 1959.
Data Control Language, Oxford University, 1984. Master of Laws, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1958. Doctor of Laws (honorary), New York Law School, 1984.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Villanova University, Pennsylvania, 1985. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1987. Doctor of Literature (honorary), Haverford College, Pennsylvania, 1991.
Worked at Covington & Burling. Admitted to the bar, 1956, England. Professor of Law, Yale University, 1959-1976.
Fellow, Jonathan Edwards College, 1959-1976.
Provost, Tulane University, 1976-1978. President, Haverford College, 1978-1987.
Chancellor, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987-1991. Master, Pembroke College (Oxford), 1993.
Barrister, 4 Essex Court, Temple, London, 1965-1992.
Constitutional and Legal Advisor, Tanzania and East African Community, 1965-1973. Member: Bar Council; Justice (United Kingdom Branch International Commission of Jurists) Council. Chairman, Research Committee, American Bar Association.
Member, National Council on the Humanities.
Consultant, United States Federal Government Departments, missions to Asia and Africa, for the United Nations Development Program. Legal Advisor, Governments of Tanzania, the Bahamas, and the East African Community.
Trustee: New Orleans Museum of Artist Santa Cruz Symphony; Vermont Law School.
Member: National Board of Medical Examiners.
Board of the United States Merchant Marine Academy. Author: The Independence of the Judiciary: the View from the Lord Chancellor" General’ s Office, Oxford University Press (1993). "Unpacking the Judges," Current Legal Problems, (1993).
"Judicial Salaries: Financial Independence in the Age of Equality," Journal of Legal History, (1992).
"The Role of the Judiciary: Lessons from the End of the Empire," Peter Cane and Jane Stapleton (eds.) Law, Policy and Legal Theory: Essays in Honour of Patrick Atiyah, (1991). "Vignettes from the End of the Empire," University of New Brunswick Law Journal, Volume 40 (1991).
Member: Bar Council; Justice (United Kingdom Branch International Commission of Jurists) Council. Chairman, Research Committee, American Bar Association. Member, National Council on the Humanities.
Consultant, United States Federal Government Departments, missions to Asia and Africa, for the United Nations Development Program.
Legal Advisor, Governments of Tanzania, the Bahamas, and the East African Community. Trustee: New Orleans Museum of Artist
Santa Cruz Symphony. Vermont Law School. Member: National Board of Medical Examiners.
Board of the United States Merchant Marine Academy.
Fellow, Jonathan Edwards College, 1959-1976. Provost, Tulane University, 1976-1978. President, Haverford College, 1978-1987.
Chancellor, University of California, Santa Cruz, 1987-1991.
Master, Pembroke College (Oxford), 1993. Barrister, 4 Essex Court, Temple, London, 1965-1992.
Constitutional and Legal Advisor, Tanzania and East African Community, 1965-1973.
Married Katherine Booth, December 23, 1985. 1 child, Robin; children by previous marriage: Carey, Richard.