Simon Whittaker
Professor of European Comparative Law
Other affiliations
Institute of European and Comparative Law
Biography
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 professor at the University of Paris I and University of Paris II on a number of occasions. He is a member of the American Law Institute.
Publications
Whittaker S, “Distinctive Features of the New Consumer Contract Law” (2017) 133 Law Quarterly Review 47
Whittaker S, “Opting for Tort” (2015) 6 Journal of European Tort Law 209
Whittaker S, “Good Faith, Implied Terms and Commercial Contracts” (2013) 129 Law Quarterly Review
Whittaker S, “The Proposed ‘Common European Sales Law’: Legal Framework and the Agreement of the Parties” (2012) 75 The Modern Law Review 578
Whittaker S, “Unfair Contract Terms, Unfair Prices and Bank Charges” (2011) 74 Modern Law Review 106
Whittaker S, “Defective Products and Economic Loss” (1986) 49 Modern Law Review
Whittaker S, “Remedies for Economic Loss Against a Sub-Agent” [1985] Modern Law Review 86
Whittaker S, “Retention of Title and Specification” (1984) 100 Law Quarterly Review 35
WHITTAKER S, “Retaining EU Law in the United Kingdom” The Law Quarterly Review
Cartwright J and Whittaker S, “The Code Napoleon Rewritten French Contract Law After the 2016 Reforms PREFACE”, CODE NAPOLEON REWRITTEN: FRENCH CONTRACT LAW AFTER THE 2016 REFORMS (2017)
Whittaker S and Borghetti J, French Civil Liability in Comparative Perspective (Hart 2019)
Whittaker S, The Development of Product Liability (S Whittaker ed., C.U.P. 2010)
Cartwright J, Vogenauer S and Whittaker S, Reforming the French Law of Obligations (Hart Publishing 2009)
Whittaker S and Borghetti J, “Reform Bill on Civil Liability”
Cartwright J, Fauvarque-Cosson B and Whittaker S, “The Law of Contract, the General Regime of Obligations, and Proof of Obligations (English Translation of New Provisions in the French Civil Code)”
Whittaker S, “La Protection Du Consommateur Contre Les Clauses Abusives En Grande Bretagne”
Cartwright J and Whittaker S, “Proposals for Reform of the Law of Obligations and the Law of Prescription; English Translation of Avant-Projet De réforme Du Droit Des Obligations Et De La Prescription (2005)”