Raymond Plant, Baron Plant of Highfield, (born 19 March 1945), is a British Labour peer and academic.

Life and works

Lord Plant was educated at Havelock School in

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(BA Philosophy, 1966), and the

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(PhD). He is Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Philosophy at

and was previously Professor of Divinity at

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, having previously served as Master of

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, from 1994 to 2000. He is an Honorary Fellow of

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. Before moving to Oxford he was Professor of European Political Thought at the

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, and prior to that was a Senior Lecturer in philosophy at the

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.Professor Raymond Plant

, UK.Lord Raymond Plant
, The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society. He was created a

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on 24 July 1992 as ''Baron Plant of Highfield, of

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in the County of Humberside'', and was introduced to the House of Lords on 4 November. Plant was a member of the

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from 2004 to 2007. In the

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he was a member of the

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and has been a member of the Government and Law Sub Committee of the Committee on the European Communities. He is the author of several books on political philosophy, and was formerly a

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. Plant retired from the Lords on 28 February 2024.

Selected publications

References

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'Contract, Obligation, Rights and Reciprocity in the New Modern Welfare State'
Inaugural lecture of 'The Social Contract Revisited' programme by the Foundation for Law, Justice and Society, Oxford 1945 births Living people Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the University of Hull Academics of King's College London Fellows of King's College London Masters of St Catherine's College, Oxford Academics of the University of Southampton Academics of the University of Manchester Fellows of Harris Manchester College, Oxford Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Labour Party (UK) life peers Life peers created by Elizabeth II Academics of Gresham College Peers retired under the House of Lords Reform Act 2014 National Council for Voluntary Organisations presidents {{life-peer-stub