About the Author

• Author: John D. McCamus
• Pages: 1287-1287

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

John D McCamus, BA, M A, LLB, LLM, LSM, LLD (Hon), FRSC, is a pro-

fessor of law emeritus and un iversity professor at the Osgoode Hall Law

School of York University, a faculty that he served a s dean from 1982 to

1987. He is a member of the Ontario Bar. Prior to joining the faculty at

Osgoode, he spent a year as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada

for Chief Justice Laskin. At Osgoode, his pr incipal areas of research and

teaching have included private law, especial ly restitution and contract;

commercial law; and inform ation practices law. His published work

includes numerous books, articles, and government reports on these

and other topics; two texts, An Introduction to the Law of Restitution and

Unjust Enrichment (Toronto: Thomson Reuters, 2020) and, co-authored

with the late Peter D Maddaugh, The Law of Restitution, 2d ed (Aurora,

ON: Canada Law Book, 2004); and a casebook, Cases and Mater ials on

Cont ract s, 6th ed (Toronto: Emond Publications, 2018), co-edited with

Professors Waddams, Girgis, MacDougall, a nd Neyers. From 1990 to

1993, he was a member, and from 1993 to 1996, chair, of the Ontario

Law Reform Commission. In 1998, he was appointed by the American

Law Institute to the Advisory Committee for the Restatement of Restitu-

tion and Unjust Enrichment, 3d (2011). Since 2000, he has been an asso-

ciated scholar in the Toronto off‌ice of Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg

LLP. From 2007 to 2019, he served as chair of Legal Aid Ontar io.