Dear Colleagues:

Congratulations go out to ODGers Paul Daly and Ben McFarlane & Sinéad Agnew for their recent publications with U of T Press and Hart, respectively. Discount information can be found on the attached order sheets. Details of the books are as follows:

Paul Daly (ed), Apex Courts and the Common Law (U of T Press, 2019)

https://utorontopress.com/ca/apex-courts-and-the-common-law-3

For centuries, courts across the common law world have developed systems of law by building bodies of judicial decisions. In deciding individual cases, common law courts settle litigation and move the law in new directions. By virtue of their place at the top of the judicial hierarchy, courts at the apex of common law systems are unique in that their decisions and, in particular, the language used in those decisions, resonate through the legal system. Although both the common law and apex courts have been studied extensively, scholars have paid less attention to the relationship between the two. By analyzing apex courts and the common law from multiple angles, this book offers an entry point for scholars in disciplines related to law – such as political science, history, and sociology – who are seeking a deeper understanding and new insights as to how the common law applies to and is relevant within their own disciplines.

Ben McFarlane & Sinéad Agnew (eds), Modern Studies in Property Law, Vol 10 (Hart 2019)

https://www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/uk/modern-studies-in-property-law-volume-10-9781509921386/

This book contains a collection of papers presented at the Twelfth Biennial Modern Studies in Property Law Conference held at University College London in April 2018. The conference and its published proceedings are an established forum for property lawyers from around the world to showcase the latest research. This collection includes a keynote address by Dame Elizabeth Gloster, former Vice President of the Court of Appeal (Civil Division), on technology in property law. It also includes plenary addresses by Professor Henry Smith on the architecture of property law and the challenge of compiling the American Law Institute’s Fourth Restatement of Property, and by Her Honour Judge Karen Walden-Smith on the role of the first instance judge in property cases. Sixteen further chapters address a wide range of issues, including the theory and taxonomy of land law, the re-evaluation of land obligations, the nature and operation of equitable property rights and shares, the role of property in commerce, comparative approaches to leases and trusts, and contemporary issues in land registration. Collectively, the chapters demonstrate the vibrancy, diversity and importance of property law and of current research in the subject.

Happy Reading,

Jason Neyers
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
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e. jneyers@uwo.ca
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