Making law through practice: examples from commercial law
Selden Society lecture series Australia
English - July 28, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBEducation Science Social Sciences legal heritage selden law judges legal lecture social history legal history law lectures lecture series Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Sir Ross Cranston will draw on themes in his recent book, Making commercial law through practice 1830–1970 (Cambridge UP, 2021), emphasising the Australian dimension. He will examine three areas: markets, agency and sales, to show that although the common law provided the backdrop to commercial activity, it was in practice a flexible tool to achieve what the parties wanted.
About the speaker
Sir Ross Cranston is professor of law at the London School of Economics, where he was previously Cassel professor of commercial law. After graduating from the University of Queensland with university medals in history and political science and law, he undertook post-graduate work at Harvard and Oxford. He has been an MP, Solicitor General for England and Wales and a High Court judge for England and Wales.
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