Neil MacCormick

Sir Neil MacCormick
Member of the European Parliament
for Scotland
In office
10 June 1999 – 10 June 2004
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byAlyn Smith
Personal details
Born
Donald Neil MacCormick

(1941-05-27)27 May 1941
Glasgow, Scotland
Died5 April 2009(2009-04-05) (aged 67)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Political partyScottish National Party
Spouse(s)Caroline Rona Barr
Flora Margaret Britain
(née Milne)
RelationsJohn MacCormick (father)
Iain MacCormick (brother)
Children3 daughters
ResidenceEdinburgh
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow
Balliol College, Oxford

Sir Donald Neil MacCormick QC (Hon.) FRSE FBA (27 May 1941 – 5 April 2009) was a Scottish legal philosopher and politician. He was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008. He was a Member of the European Parliament 1999–2004, member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, and officer of the Scottish National Party.