Congratulations to Elise Bant, Wayne Courtney, James Goudkamp and Jeannie Paterson, the editors, on the publication of Punishment and Private Law from Hart/Bloomsbury.  

 

The blurb:

Does private law punish? This collection answers this complex but compelling question. Lawyers from across the spectrum of the law (contract, tort, restitution) explore exactly how it punishes wrong doing. These leading voices ask whether that punishment is effective and what its societal role might be. Taking the discussion out of the technical and into a broader realms of a wider purpose, it is both compelling and thought-provoking.

 

Among the 15 chapters, James Penner has a paper arguing that the no-profit rule in fiduciary law is a penalty but not a punishment (I tried to tell him it did not work) and  Nicholas Tiverios Ben McFarlane have a paper on penalties and forfeiture.

 

You can get 20% off the list price if you order from the web site (link above) and use the code UG8 at checkout.

 

For those to whom it applies, may I wish you a safe and happy start to the new academic year.

 

Lionel