Neil MacCormick

Sir Neil MacCormick QC (Hon.) FRSE FBA
Member of the European Parliament for Scotland
In office 10 June 1999 – 10 June 2004
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Alyn Smith
Personal details
Born	Donald Neil MacCormick (1941-05-27)27 May 1941 Glasgow, Scotland
Died	5 April 2009(2009-04-05) (aged 67) Edinburgh, Scotland
Political party	Scottish National Party
Spouse(s)	Caroline Rona Barr Flora Margaret Britain (née Milne)
Relations	John MacCormick (father) Iain MacCormick (brother)
Children	3 daughters
Residence	Edinburgh
Alma mater	University of Glasgow Balliol College, Oxford

Sir Donald Neil MacCormick QC (Hon.) FRSE FBA (27 May 1941 – 5 April 2009) was a Scottish legal philosopher and politician. He was Regius Professor of Public Law and the Law of Nature and Nations at the University of Edinburgh from 1972 until 2008. He was a Member of the European Parliament 1999–2004, member of the Convention on the Future of Europe, and officer of the Scottish National Party.