Mapping the Law: Essays in Memory of Peter Birks
Andrew Burrows and Alan Rodger
Abstract
This collection of essays celebrates the life and work of Peter Birks, who was Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls College. Widely known as one of the most prolific legal scholars for over twenty years, his contribution to English obligations law is legendary. He was Founder of the Clarendon Law Lectures, editor of the Clarendon Law Series, editor of the Oxford English Law Series, and author of several works on the English law of restitution, comparative restitution, and unjust enrichment. The works in this volume cover a wide range of topics of i ... More
This collection of essays celebrates the life and work of Peter Birks, who was Regius Professor of Civil Law at the University of Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls College. Widely known as one of the most prolific legal scholars for over twenty years, his contribution to English obligations law is legendary. He was Founder of the Clarendon Law Lectures, editor of the Clarendon Law Series, editor of the Oxford English Law Series, and author of several works on the English law of restitution, comparative restitution, and unjust enrichment. The works in this volume cover a wide range of topics of interest to private law scholars, ranging from the English law of unjust enrichment and restitution, comparative perspectives on unjust enrichment and restitution, Roman law, and legal history, reflecting the range on Peter Birks's work and influence. As one of the most distinguished academic lawyers of his generation Peter Birks's contribution to legal scholarship grew to be recognised as one of the most outstanding by a British jurist in the second half of the twentieth century. This collection attempts to acknowledge and pay tribute to Peter Birks's work.
Keywords:
Peter Birks,
obligations law,
law of restitution,
comparative restitution,
unjust enrichment,
legal scholar,
Clarendon Law Lectures,
Clarendon Law Series,
Oxford English Law Series
Bibliographic Information
Print publication date: 2006 |
Print ISBN-13: 9780199206551 |
Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009 |
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199206551.001.0001 |
Authors
Affiliations are at time of print publication.
Andrew Burrows, editor
Norton Rose Professor of Financial and Commercial Law, and Fellow of St Hughes College, Oxford
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Alan Rodger, editor
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Fellow of the British Academy, President of the Expert Witness Institute, and Honourary Professor of Law at the Universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow.
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