Dear Colleagues:

 

Congratulations go out to John Eldridge, Michael Douglas, and Claudia Carr on the publication of Economic Torts and Economic Wrongs, which was released by Hart today. It includes contributions from across the common law world - including a good many chapters by ODG members. I’ve attached an order form which outlines how to receive a 20% discount.

 

Here is the Table of Contents:

 

1. Introduction
John Eldridge Serle Court, London, UK, Michael Douglas, University of Western Australia and Claudia Carr, Clifford Chance

2. The 'Property' Paradigm in Torts Protecting Contractual Interests
Zhong Xing Tan, National University of Singapore

3. Defamation as an Economic Tort
Michael Douglas, University of Western Australia

4. Regulating Labour Relations in the Twenty-First Century: What Role for the Economic Torts?
Andrew Stewart, University of Adelaide, Australia and Shae McCrystal, University of Sydney, Australia

5. Inducing Breach of Contract
Dr Katy Barnett, University of Melbourne, Australia

6. Cross-Border Civil Conspiracy
Dr Bobby WM Lindsay, University of Glasgow, UK

7. Economic Wrongs and Private Nuisance: A Common Law Perspective
Paula Giliker, University of Bristol, UK

8. Revisiting Injurious Falsehood
Hilary Young, University of New Brunswick, Canada

9. Regulation of GM Farming via Private Nuisance
Anna Bunn Curtin University, Australia and Michael Douglas, University of Western Australia

10. Misfeasance by Directors: Past, Present and Future
The Hon Geoffrey Nettle AC QC, former Justice of the High Court of Australia and Daniel Farinha, Eleven Wentworth, Sydney

11. Fiduciaries, Equitable Compensation and Lost Commercial Opportunity: Reconciling the Need for Financial Loss
Simone Degeling, University of New South Wales, Australia

12. Lawful Act Duress: Part of the Solution to Problematic Banking Practices?
Claudia Carr, Clifford Chance

13. Developing a Rational Law of Misleading Conduct
Elise Bant, University of Western Australia and Jeannie Marie Paterson, University of Melbourne, Australia

14. Interference by Precedent
Samuel Beswick, University of British Columbia, Canada

Happy Reading,

 

Jason Neyers
Professor of Law
Faculty of Law
Western University
Law Building Rm 26
e. jneyers@uwo.ca
t. 519.661.2111 (x88435)