A.P. Simester gave a lecture at the Uppsala University, Sweden in January 2019

Andrew Simester gave a lecture at Uppsala University, Sweden on 24 January 2019. The lecture, entitled “The Four Foundational Principles of Criminal Law”, was given in acceptance of the award of an Honorary Doctorate in recognition of his international contributions to criminal law and theory. The degree of Juris Doctor Honoris Causa was first awarded at Uppsala in 1600, and the ceremony of conferral is largely unchanged since that time. Professor Simester is one of only a few academics working in the common-law tradition to receive this honour, which comes from the leading university in Scandinavia; one that boasts some of the world’s greatest scholars, including Carl Linnaeus and Anders Celsius, as well as numerous Nobel Laureates.