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Private Law
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ContractsProf Blog
Book Launch Event: Market Regulation and Private Law
All of the information is here and below: You can find a book description on the Cambridge University Press website here.
TortsProf Blog
Gold on Intra-Justice Creativity
Andrew Gold has posted to SSRN Justice as a Variation on a Theme. The abstract provides: In private law, judges are creative across types of justice (inventing new ones where…
EU Law Enforcement
[REPOST] Piecing Together Market Regulation and Private Law: The Reconciliation Puzzle
We live in an age of grand challenges, from climate change and the digitalisation of markets to rising inequality. Yet legal systems struggle to respond effectively, constrained by entrenched disciplinary…
Legal History Blog
Queering Private Law Conference
By Dan Ernst
[We have the following announcement. DRE] Registration now open for the Bentham House: Queering Private Law Conference [sponsored by the] UCL Faculty of Laws, September 3-4, 2026. The conference will cover a…
Law & Humanities Blog
Stevens on Private Law and Statute
By christinecorcoslawlit-blogspot-com
Robert Stevens, University of Oxford, Faculty of Law, has published Private Law and Statute. Here is the abstract.A paper on the relationship between legislation and private law in the common…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Last Lecture to the Harvard Class of 2026
Robert Sitkoff’s “Last Lecture” to the Harvard Law School Class of 2026 argues that private law—contracts, property, torts, corporations, family law, and especially trusts and estates—is a quiet but essential…
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Article: Private Autonomy and State Policies: The Hybrid Nature of Chinese Trusts
Jeremy Hui Jing (The University of Hong Kong) and Siyi Lin (Faculty of Law, The Chinese University of Hong Kong) recently published, Private Autonomy and State Policies: The Hybrid Nature…
Legal History Blog
CFP: Queering Private Law
By Dan Ernst
[We have the following CFP. DRE]We invite submissions for the Queering Private Law Conference at UCL Faculty of Laws on 3-4 September, 2026. This will be the 2026 Bentham House…
ContractsProf Blog
New Private Law Position at the University of Western Australia
You can find the listing here. Here are the details: Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor (Private Law) Job no: 521861Work type: Full TimeLocation: CrawleyCategories: Law Level C (Senior Lecturer) / Level D (Associate Professor) full-time appointment…
TortsProf Blog
Gold on the Kinds of Justice in Private Law
Andrew Gold has posted to SSRN The Many Kinds of Justice in Private Law. The abstract provides: Private law theorists often employ a single type of justice to explain the…