Simon Whittaker
Professor of European Comparative Law
On sabbatical leave this term.
Simon Whittaker has been a fellow and tutor in law at St. John's College since 1987, previously being a lecturer in laws at King's College's London. He took his degrees at Oxford (BA,1979; BCL, 1980; MA, 1982; D.Phil., 1987; DCL, 2008) and was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1987. He has been a visiting lecturer at the University of Regensburg and a visiting professor at the University of Paris I and University of Paris II. He is a member of the American Law Institute.
Publications
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2013
Simon Whittaker and K Reisenhuber, 'Conceptions of Contract' in G. Dannemann and S. Vogenauer (eds), The Common European Sales Law in Context: Interactions with English and German Law (OUP 2013)
Simon Whittaker, 'Identifying the Legal Costs of Operation of the Common European Sales Law' (2013) 50 Common Market Law Review 85
Simon Whittaker, 'Who determines what civil courts decide? Private Rights, Public policy and EU law' in D.Leczykiewicz and S. Weatherill (eds), The Involvement of EU Law in Private Relationships (Richard Hart 2013)
2012
Simon Whittaker, 'Chapter 1 Introdutory; Chapter 4 Form; Chapter 8 Personal Capacity; Chapter 15 Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts; Chapter 44 Suretyship' in H. Beale (General Editor) (ed), Chitty on Contracts (Thomson Sweet & Maxwell 2012)
Simon Whittaker, 'Contratos abusivos, cláusulas abusivas y prácticas comerciales desleales' in S Camara Lapuente (ed), La Revision de las Normas Europeas y Nacionales de Proteccion de los Consumidores (Thomson Reuters (Legal) Ltd 2012) [...]
Abstract: This article explores the relationship between EU legal rules which control unfair terms and unfair commercial practices with particular references to the substantive unfairness of the central bargain
ISBN: 978-84-470-3981-4
Interests
Teaching: Comparative Private Law; Comparative Public Law; Contract; Restitution; Roman Law; Tort
Research: Comparative Law, Contract and Tort, European Union Law.
