Stephen Waddams
Stephen Waddams | |
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| Born | Stephen Michael Waddams September 30, 1942 Woking, England |
| Died | May 27, 2023 (aged 80) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Toronto (BA, LLB) University of Cambridge (MA, PhD) University of Michigan (LLM, SJD) |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Law |
| Sub-discipline | Contracts law Legal history |
| Institutions | University of Toronto Faculty of Law |
Stephen Michael Waddams FRSC (September 30, 1942 – May 27, 2023) was an English-born Canadian legal scholar. He taught at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Waddams was born in Woking, England, and moved to Canada as a teenager in 1959.[2] He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. As a law student, he was editor-in-chief of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review in 1968.[3] Waddams earned a Master of Arts and PhD from the University of Cambridge, followed by a Master of Laws and Doctor of Juridical Science from the University of Michigan Law School.
Career
[edit]Waddams' specialty was contract law and he published seven books on it and other private law topics.[4] In 1988, he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[5] From 1988 to 1989, he was a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford.[6]
Death
[edit]Waddams died on May 27, 2023, at the age of 80.[2]
Books
[edit]- Products Liability (Carswell, Toronto, 1974; subsequent editions in 1980, 1993, and 2002).
- The Law of Contracts (Canada Law Book, Toronto, 1977; subsequent editions in 1984, 1993, 1999, and 2005).
- Introduction to the Study of Law (Carswell, Toronto, 1979; subsequent editions in 1983, 1987, 1992, 1997, and 2004).
- The Law of Damages (Canada Law Book, Toronto, 1983; subsequent editions in 1991, 1997, and 2004).
- Law, Politics, and the Church of England: the career of Stephen Lushington, 1782 - 1873 (Cambridge University Press, 1992).
- Sexual Slander in Nineteenth-Century England: Defamation in the Ecclesiastical Courts, 1815–1855 (University of Toronto Press, 2000).
- Dimensions of Private Law: Categories and Concepts in Anglo-American Reasoning (Cambridge University Press, 2003).
- Principles and Policy in Contract Law: Competing or Complementary Perspectives? (Cambridge University Press, 2011).
- Sanctity of Contracts in a Secular Age: Equity, Fairness and Enrichment (Cambridge University Press, 2019).
References
[edit]- ^ University of Toronto. "Faculty of Law:Faculty Pages". Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ^ a b "Stephen Michael Waddams". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved June 11, 2023 – via Legacy.com.
- ^ Maclaren, Malcolm (1997). "A History of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review". University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review. 55 (2). Retrieved 2009-10-03.
- ^ "Carswell Authors". Archived from the original on 2011-07-08. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ^ RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada. "Membership". Retrieved 2008-11-27. [dead link]
- ^ All Souls College. "Fellows...Former Visitors". Archived from the original on October 24, 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
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- 1942 births
- 2023 deaths
- Canadian legal scholars
- Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford
- Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
- University of Michigan alumni
- University of Toronto alumni
- Academic staff of the University of Toronto
- Academic staff of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law
- University of Toronto Faculty of Law alumni
- Legal scholars of the University of Oxford
- Alumni of the University of Cambridge
- People from Woking