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Selected publications
Books
Tort Law
(with Roderick Bagshaw), 2024) 7th Edition
Co-Author/s:
Roderick Bagshaw
Publisher:
Pearson
Link:
https://www.pearson.com/en-gb/subject-catalog/p/tort-law/P200000011679/9781292731971
ISBN 13:
9781292731971
Published
Aug 2024
Key Ideas in Trusts Law
, 2023)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
ISBN:
1509938699
Published
Jun 2023
Letters to a Law Student
, 2022) 5th Edition
Publisher:
Pearson
ISBN:
1292375302
Published
May 2022
The Humanity of Private Law, Part II: Evaluation
, 2020)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
ISBN:
1509911995
Published
Apr 2020
The Humanity of Private Law, Part I: Explanation
, 2018)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
ISBN:
1509911952
Published
Nov 2018
Great Debates in Jurisprudence
(with Sandy Steel), 2018) 2nd Edition
Co-Author/s:
Sandy Steel
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan
Published
Mar 2018
Key Ideas in Contract Law
, 2017)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Published
Aug 2017
Articles
"Contextual Categories in Private Nuisance and Private Law" (2025) 5 Journal of Commonwealth Law 31
Citation:
(2025) 5 Journal of Commonwealth Law 31
Link:
https://www.journalofcommonwealthlaw.org/article/133535-contextual-categories-in-private-nuisance-and-private-law
Published:
Feb 2025
"Between Chaos and Cosmos: Tony Weir in the Cambridge Law Journal" (2021) 80(S1) CLJ S107
Citation:
(2021) 80(S1) CLJ S107
Link:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/cambridge-law-journal/article/between-chaos-and-cosmos-tony-weir-in-the-cambridge-law-journal/DA57924325F68354DFA79BB16035661B
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/S000819732100060X
Published:
Sep 2021
Book Chapters
"Private Law in the Ruins" in Matthew Bell, Susan Bright, Ben McFarlane, Andrew Robertson (ed(s)),
Private Law and Building Safety
, 2025)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Published
Jul 2025
"Remoteness of Damage" in Mindy Chen-Wishart and Prince Saprai (ed(s)),
Research Handbook on the Philosophy of Contract Law
, 2025)
Publisher:
Edward Elgar Publishing
Published
Apr 2025
"Free-standing Liabilities" in Evan Fox-Decent, John Goldberg, Lionel Smith (ed(s)),
Understanding Private Law: Essays in Honour of Stephen A Smith
, 2025)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Published
Jan 2025
"The Right to Resist" in Andrew Robertson and Jason Neyers (ed(s)),
Private Law and the State
, 2024)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Published
Nov 2024
"Tort/Equity" in William Day and Julius Grower (ed(s)),
Borderlines in Private Law
, 2024)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Published
Oct 2024
"The Real Gist of Negligence" in Kylie Burns, Jodi Gardner, Jonathan Morgan and Sandy Steel (ed(s)),
Torts on Three Continents: Honouring Jane Stapleton
, 2024)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Published
Sep 2024
"Must Private Law Be Private?" in Jodi Gardner, Amy Goymour, Janet O'Sullivan and Sarah Worthington (ed(s)),
Politics, Policy and Private Law, Volume 1: Tort, Property and Equity
, 2024)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Published
Jan 2024
"Are There Any Moral Duties?" in Haris Psarras and Sandy Steel (ed(s)),
Private Law and Practical Reason: Essays on John Gardner's Private Law Theory
, 2023)
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Published
Mar 2023
"Personal Injury Law" in William Day and Sarah Worthington (ed(s)),
Challenging Private Law: Lord Sumption on the Supreme Court
, 2022)
Publisher:
Hart Publishing
Published
May 2022
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