PS Atiyah
An Academic Autobiography
Professor PS Atiyah author James Goudkamp editor
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Edinburgh University Press
Publishing:31st Jan '26
£95.00
This title is due to be published on 31st January, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
PS Atiyah (1931–2018) was one of the world’s great legal scholars of the twentieth century and formerly Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford. He made immense contributions to, in particular, the law of contract and the law of torts. Atiyah’s principal works include The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract, The Sale of Goods, An Introduction to the Law of Contract, Pragmatism and Theory in English Law, The Damages Lottery, Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law and Accidents, Compensation and the Law. His work is of enduring relevance. His autobiography sheds light on his research and on the state of the academy in the second half of the previous century.
This is not only a personal account of the peripatetic and often conflict-filled career of an outstanding academic lawyer of the twentieth century, who spanned the globe from Africa and Australia to Britain and the USA; it also paints a vivid picture of a multi-cultural wartime upbringing in Khartoum, Beirut and England, amidst an extraordinary family. -- Hector L MacQueen, University of Edinburgh
This volume is a rare gift: a page-turning memoir from one of the greatest minds of the twentieth century common law. We hear from both the brilliant, original, iconoclastic lawyer, and the outsider, the humane individual whose experiences in Africa, the UK, the US and Australia formed an extraordinary and inspirational life. -- Jane Stapleton, University of Cambridge
ISBN: 9781399549844
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240 pages