Happy New Year to everyone and best wishes for 2013!
I write with two pieces of news. First, Prince Saprai, Greg Klass and George Letsas are organising a conference on the Philosophical Foundations of Contract Law. The conference will take place at
UCL Faculty of Laws on 10-11 May 2013. Details are at
Second, Brian Sloan has just published a monograph with Hart entitled Informal Carers and Private Law:
"Every day, large numbers of altruistic individuals, in the absence of any legal duty, provide substantial and essential services for elderly and disabled people. In doing so, many such informal
carers suffer financial and other disadvantages. This book considers the scope for a 'private law' approach to rewarding, supporting or compensating carers, an increasingly vital topic in the context of an ageing population and the need for savings in public
expenditure. Adopting a comparative approach, the book explores the recognition of the informal carer and his or her relationship with the care recipient within diverse fields of private law, from unjust enrichment to succession. Aspects of the analysis include
the importance of a promise of a reward from the care recipient and the appropriate measure of any remedy. In considering the potential for expansion of a "private law" approach for carers, the book addresses the fundamental and controversial question of the
price of altruism."
More details are at
All the best,
Lionel
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