Judge and Jurist Essays in Memory of Lord Rodger

by Burrows, Andrew; Johnston, QC, David; Zimmermann, Reinhard

• ISBN13: 9780191758379
• ISBN10: 019175837X
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2013-09-01
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Author Biography

Andrew Burrows, Professor of the Law of England, University of Oxford, and Fellow of All Souls College,David Johnston, QC, Axiom Chambers, and honorary professor at the University of Edinburgh,Reinhard Zimmermann, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, and Professor of Roman Law and Legal History, Bucerius Law School

Andrew Burrows, MA, BCL, LLM (Harvard), QC (Hon), FBA, Barrister and Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple is Professor of the Law of England at the University of Oxford and a Fellow at All Souls. He sits as a Recorder and is a door tenant at Fountain Court Chambers. He was formerly the Norton Rose Professor of Commercial Law and a Fellow of St. Hugh's College. He was a Law Commissioner for England and Wales from 1994 to 1999. He is the author of many books on unjust enrichment, contract and remedies.


David Johnston, QC practises mainly in public law (including human rights) and commercial law. He was appointed QC in 2005. He is also an honorary professor of law at the University of Edinburgh


Reinhard Zimmermann is a Director of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and is Chairman of the Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities Division of the Max Planck Society. He is the author of numerous books on comparative law and legal history, including The Law of Obligations (1996) and The New German Law of Obligations (2005).