Lying and the (Private) Law (Jason Neyers)

The Edinburgh Centre for Private Law presents

 

Lying and the (Private) Law

Professor Jason Neyers, Western University

 

About the speaker

Jason Neyers is a professor of law at Western University. He has published numerous papers and comments in leading law journals, including the Law Quarterly Review, the University of Toronto Law Journal, the McGill Law Journal, Legal Studies, the Canadian Bar Review, the Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, the Torts Law Journal, the King’s Law Journal, the Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, the Canadian Business Law Journal, the Alberta Law Journal, the Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence and the Insurance Law Journal. He is also a co-editor/author of eight books: Understanding Unjust Enrichment (Hart, 2004), The Law of Restitution in Canada: Cases and Materials (Emond Montgomery, 2004); Cases and Materials on Contract, 3d ed. (Emond Montgomery, 2005); Emerging Issues in Tort Law (Hart, 2007); Exploring Contract Law (Hart, 2009); Cases and Materials on Contract, 4th ed. (Emond Montgomery, 2010); The Law of Torts in Canada, 3d ed. (Carswell, 2010); Tort Law: Challenging Orthodoxy (Hart, 2013). His work has been cited by the Supreme Court of Canada, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, the High Court of Australia and the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Jason is the moderator of the Obligations Discussion Group (ODG), which is an international mailing list devoted to all aspects of the law of obligations and a founding member of Western University’s Tort Law Research Group. Prior to taking up his academic appointment he was a clerk at the Court of Appeal for Ontario.

 

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