ECCLESIASTICAL LAW SOCIETY: ERIC KEMP PRIZES
The Ecclesiastical Law Society was founded in 1987 with the purpose of promoting the study of ecclesiastical and canon law, particularly in the Church of England and those churches in communion with it. In conjunction with Cambridge University Press, the Society publishes the Ecclesiastical Law Journal. This is issued three times a year, providing ‘authoritative coverage and incisive commentary’ upon the laws applicable to Anglican churches and also to other religions and faith communities, from ecumenical, international, social, historical, theological and comparative perspectives. The membership subscription to the Society includes the Journal together with information about Society conferences, lectures and other activities.
In furtherance of its educational aims, the Society may award a prize on any university degree course which contains a significant element relating to ecclesiastical law, to the student producing the best performance in the subject for the year. From 2010, these Ecclesiastical Law Society prizes are named in honour of the Rt Revd Dr Eric Kemp (1915 – 2009), Bishop of Chichester and a distinguished canon lawyer, who was the first President of the Society. The prize winner and any other student obtaining first class marks in the subject may be invited to apply to the Society for one year’s free membership.
Course Directors of subjects which are eligible for the award of an Eric Kemp prize are invited to seek recognition of their course from the Society for the award of a prize. Recognition has been given for relevant modules on the LLB degrees at Bangor, Cardiff, Oxford Brookes and Newcastle. Eligible courses may be particularly concerned with the ‘religious law’ of the Church of England and of other Christian churches. However, courses giving more general treatment to law and religion will also be favourably considered, provided they contain significant elements of ecclesiastical law.
Application should be made to the Society Administrator from whom more information may be obtained. Course directors who apply should provide copies of their course syllabus and names of staff who will be teaching the subject. Where a prize is to be awarded, the course director is asked to provide, as soon as possible after the examination results are available, the name and address of the candidate nominated by the appropriate university authority as having produced the best performance in the year. The course director is also asked to provide the numbers of students who took the course and the names and addresses of other students obtaining first class marks. Notice should also be given of any alterations in the syllabus and of teachers for the following year.
For application or information please contact:
Mr Andrew Male, the Ecclesiastical Law Society Administrator
1 The Sanctuary
Westminster
London SW1P 3JT Tel: 01483 850571
