Shaping the Law of Obligations: Essays in Honour of Professor Ewan McKendrick KC

Ewan McKendrick, a renowned scholar in the law of obligations, has edited a collection of essays in his honor, reflecting his extensive scholarship and published work. The volume covers various complex topics in contract, tort, unjust enrichment, and commercial law, with contributions from leading academics and practitioners.

Format: Hardback
Length: 464 pages
Publication date: 30 November 2023
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Ewan McKendrick has played a pivotal role in shaping the field of obligations, both as a practicing attorney and as a professor at the University of Oxford and University College London. In recognition of his retirement from the Oxford Law Faculty, this volume presents a collection of essays in his honor. The contributions celebrate and reflect the depth of Ewan McKendrick's scholarship and published work, with many being comparative in nature, reflecting a central aspect of his work. The book is organized into four parts: contract, tort, unjust enrichment, and commercial law, each containing 23 essays that explore a specific complex question or idea within its respective area. Topics covered include duress, good faith, frustration, the illegality defense, contractual interpretation, the basis for different types of damages, the role of contracts in family life, corporate liability, the Marex tort, receivables financing, the regulation of international commercial contracts, the sale of goods, the development of transnational commercial law, mistakes of law, and implied terms. All 25 contributors have either been taught by or worked closely with Ewan McKendrick, or in some cases, both. They are all distinguished academics and practitioners, including two current members of the United Kingdom Supreme Court and a Justice of the High Court of Australia.

Weight: 1006g
Dimension: 179 x 253 x 39 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780198889762