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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