About the authors
Author | Stephen G.A. Pitel; Nicholas S. Rafferty |
Pages | 559-559 |
ABOUT
THE
AUTHORS
Stephen
GA
Pitel
(BA
Carleton
University,
LLB
Dalhousie
University,
LLM
and
PhD
University
of
Cambridge)
is
a
professor
at
the
Faculty
of
Law
of
Western
University.
He
has
co-authored,
edited,
or
co-edit-
ed
sixteen
books
including
Emerging
Issues
in
Tort
Law
(2007),
Stat
utory
Jurisdiction:
An
Analysis
of
the
Court
Jurisdiction
and
Proceedings
Transfer
Act
(2012),
and
Tort
Law:
Challenging
Orthodoxy
(2013).
He
is
the
general
editor
of
Private
International
Law
in
Common
Law
Canada:
Cases,
Text
and
Materials
(4th
ed,
2016).
His
teaching
and
research
are
focused
on
international
commercial
litigation,
civil
procedure,
torts,
unjust
enrichment,
and
legal
ethics.
He
has
published
many
articles
on
the
conflict
of
laws
and
on
legal
ethics.
He
has
received
several
teaching
awards
including
the
Ontario
Confederation
of
University
Faculty
As
sociations
Teaching
Award,
the
Edward
G
Pleva
Award
for
Excellence
in
Teaching,
and
the
Bank
of
Nova
Scotia,
University
of
Western
On
tario
Alumni
Association
and
University
Students
’
Council
Award
of
Excellence
in
Undergraduate
Teaching.
Nicholas
S
Rafferty
obtained
an
undergraduate
and
a
master
’
s
degree
in
law
from
the
University
of
Cambridge
and
a
further
master
’
s
degree
from
the
University
of
Illinois.
He
began
teaching
at
the
University
of
Manitoba
in
1975.
He
is
currently
an
Emeritus
Professor
of
Law
at
the
University
of
Calgary,
where
he
taught
from
1977
to
2015.
He
is
also
a
member
of
the
Law
Society
of
Alberta.
His
teaching
and
research
inter
ests
included
conflict
of
laws,
contracts,
and
torts.
He
has
written
ex
tensively
in
those
and
other
areas.
He
was
the
general
editor
of
Private
International
Law
in
Common
Law
Canada:
Cases,
Text
and
Materials
(3d
ed,
2010).
He
has
received
several
awards
for
teaching
and
scholar
ship,
including
the
University
of
Calgary
President
’
s
Circle
Award
for
Achievement
in
Teaching
Excellence
in
2000
and
the
Distinguished
Service
Award
from
the
Law
Society
of
Alberta
and
the
Canadian
Bar
Association
for
distinguished
service
in
legal
scholarship
in
2007.
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