Taking Law Seriously: Essays in Honour of Peter Cane

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This book celebrates the scholarship of Peter Cane. The significance and scale of his contributions to the discipline of law over the last half-century cannot be overstated. In an era of increasing specialisation, Cane stands out on account of the unusually broad scope of his interests, which extend to both private and public law in equal measure. This substantive breadth is combined with remarkable doctrinal, historical, comparative and theoretical depth. This book is written by admirers of Cane's work, and the essays probe a wide range of issues, especially in administrative law and tort law. Consistently with the international prominence that Cane's research has enjoyed, the contributors are drawn from across the common law world. The volume will be of value to anyone who is interested in Cane's towering contributions to legal scholarship and administrative law and tort law more generally.

James Goudkamp is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of Keble College, Oxford, United Kingdom. Mark Lunney is Professor at the School of Law at the University of New England, Professor at the Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London, and Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. Leighton McDonald is Professor at the Australian National University Law School and a Director at the Centre for International and Public Law.