1949 Freedom under the Law by the Rt Hon. Lord Denning

1950 The Inheritance of the Common Law by Richard O’Sullivan

1951 The Rational Strength of English Law by Professor F. H. Lawson

1952 English Law and the Moral Law by Professor A. L. Goodhart

1953 The Queen’s Peace by Sir Carleton Kemp Allen

1954 Executive Discretion and Judicial Control by Professor C. J. Hamson

1955 The Proof of Guilt by Professor Glanville Williams

1956 Trial by Jury by the Rt Hon. Lord Devlin

1957 Protection from Power under English Law by the Rt Hon. Lord MacDermott

1958 The Sanctity of Contracts in English Law by Professor Sir David Hughes Parry

1959 Judge and Jurist in the Reign of Victoria by C. H. S. Fifoot

1960 The Common Law in India by M. C. Setalvad

1961 British Justice: The Scottish Contribution by Professor Sir Thomas Smith

1962 Lawyer and Litigant in England by the Rt Hon. Sir Robert Megarry

1963 Crime and the Criminal Law by the Baroness Wootton of Abinger

1964 Law and Lawyers in the United States by Dean Erwin N. Griswold

1965 New Law for a New World? by the Rt Hon. Lord Tangley

1966 Other People’s Law by the Rt Hon. Lord Kilbrandon

1967 The Contribution of English Law to South African Law and the Rule of Law in South Africa by the Hon. O. D. Schreiner

1968 Justice in the Welfare State by Professor H. Street

1969 The British Tradition in Canadian Law by the Hon. Bora Laskin

1970 The English Judge by Henry Cecil

1971 Punishment, Prison and the Public by Professor Sir Rupert Cross

1972 Labour and the Law by Professor Sir Otto Kahn-Freund

1973 Maladministration and Its Remedies by Sir Kenneth Wheare

1974 English Law – the New Dimension by the Rt Hon. Lord Scarman

1975 The Land and the Development; or, The Turmoil and the Torment by Sir Desmond Heap

1976 The National Insurance Commissioners by Sir Robert Micklethwait

1977 The European Communities and the Rule of Law by Lord Mackenzie Stuart

1978 Liberty, Law and Justice by Professor Sir Norman Anderson

1979 Social History and Law Reform by Professor Lord McGregor of Durris

1980 Constitutional Fundamentals by Professor Sir William Wade

1981 Intolerable Inquisition? Reflections on the Law of Tax by Hubert Monroe

1982 The Quest for Security: Employees, Tenants, Wives by Professor Tony Honoré

1983 Hamlyn Revisited: The British Legal System Today by Lord Hailsham of St Marylebone

1984 The Development of Consumer Law and Policy – Bold Spirits and Timorous Souls by Sir Gordon Borrie

1985 Law and Order by Professor Ralf Dahrendorf

1986 The Fabric of English Civil Justice by Sir Jack Jacob

1987 Pragmatism and Theory in English Law by Professor P. S. Atiyah

1988 Justification and Excuse in the Criminal Law by Professor J. C. Smith

1989 Protection of the Public – A New Challenge by the Rt Hon. Lord Justice Woolf

1990 The United Kingdom and Human Rights by Dr Claire Palley

1991 Introducing a European Legal Order by Gordon Slynn

1992 Speech and Respect by Professor Richard Abel

1993 The Administration of Justice by Lord Mackay of Clashfern

1994 Blackstone’s Tower: The English Law School by Professor William Twining

1995 From the Test Tube to the Coffin: Choice and Regulation in Private Life by the Hon. Mrs Justice Hale

1996 Turning Points of the Common Law by the Rt Hon. the Lord Cooke of Thorndon

1997 Commercial Law in the Next Millennium by Professor Roy Goode

1998 Freedom, Law and Justice by the Rt Hon. Lord Justice Sedley

1999 The State of Justice by Professor Michael Zander QC

2000 Does the United Kingdom still have a Constitution? by Professor Anthony King

2001 Human Rights, Serious Crime and Criminal Procedure by Professor Andrew Ashworth QC

2002 Legal Conundrums in Our Brave New World by Baroness Kennedy of the Shaws

2003 Judicial Activism by the Hon. Justice Michael Kirby AC CMG

2004 Rights at Work: Global, European and British Perspectives by Sir Bob Hepple QC, FBA

2005 Can Human Rights Survive? by Professor Conor Gearty

2006 The Sovereignty of Law: The European Way by Sir Francis Jacobs KCMG, QC

2007 The Prisoners’ Dilemma by Professor Nicola Lacey

2008 Judging Civil Justice by Dame Hazel Genn

2009 Widening Horizons: The Influence of Comparative Law and International Law on Domestic Law by Lord Bingham

2010 Lawyers and the Public Good: Democracy in Action? by Alan Paterson

2011 The Rule of Law and the Measure of Property by Jeremy Waldron

2012 Aspects of Law Reform: An Insider’s Perspective by Jack Straw

2013 The Common Law Constitution by Sir John Laws

2014 UK, EU and Global Administrative Law by Paul Craig

2015 A ‘Magna Carta’ for Children? – Rethinking Children’s Rights by Professor Michael Freeman

2016 Fairness in Criminal Justice: Golden Threads and Pragmatic Patches by Dame Sian Elias

2017 Thinking about Statutes: Interpretation, Interaction, Improvement by Professor Andrew Burrows QC

2018 Making Comparisons in Equality Law by Robin Allen

2019 English Law under Two Elizabeths by Sir John Baker

2020 The Great Experiment: Constructing a European Union under the Rule of Law from a Group of Diverse Sovereign States by Eleanor Sharpston QC

2021 Advocacy by Lord Pannick QC

2024 Courts and the Body Politic by Professor Catherine O’Regan

2025 Laws for a Nation and Laws for Transnational Commerce by Lord John Thomas

2025 Frail Professionalism? Lawyers’ Ethics after the Post Office and Other Cases by Richard Moorhead