Professor Gary Slapper

The Times has published a full obituary for Professor Gary Slapper, who passed away on December 4 the age of 58 after suffering a ruptured aortic dissection.

It states: “Gary Slapper was that rare breed of academic who touched the lives of people beyond the confines of his work. A leading voice in legal education and an authority on English law, he became known and loved through both his journalism and social media presence. These always reflected an insuppressible enthusiasm for life and learning, whether in the obscure reaches of academic law or in popular culture. He lived life at its highest register, as passionate about legal argument as he was about The Simpsons and as inclined to reference Cicero as Lady Gaga.”