About the authors

• Author: Stephen G.A. Pitel/Nicholas S. Rafferty
• Profession: Faculty of Law, University of Western Ontario/Faculty of Law, University of Calgary
• Pages: 517-517

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ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Stephen G.A. Pitel has a B.A. from Carleton University, an LL.B. from

Dalhousie University, and an LL.M. and Ph.D. from the University of

Cambridge. He is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law of the

University of Western Ontario. He has co-authored, edited, or co-edit-

ed eight books since 2003 including Litigating Conspiracy: An Analy-

sis of Competition Class Actions (2006) and Emerging Issues in Tort Law

(2007). His teaching and research is focused on international commer-

cial litigation, civil procedure, torts, unjust enrichment, and legal eth-

ics. His articles on private international law have been published in the

Canadian Bar Review,Canadian Business Law Journal,Journal of Private

International Law, and Advocates’ Quarterly. In 2008 he received West-

ern’s Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching. A former com-

mercial litigator, he has an extensive background in coaching trial and

appellate advocacy.

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 started teaching at the University

of Manitoba in 1975. He is currently a Professor of Law at the Univer-

sity of Calgary, where he has taught since 1977, and he is a member of

the Alberta Bar. His teaching and research interests include conf‌lict

of laws, contracts, and torts. He has written extensively in those and

other areas. He is presently the general editor of Private International

Law in Common Law Canada: Cases, Text, and Materials (2d ed., 2003),

a third edition of which is expected in 2010. He has received several

awards for teaching and scholarship, including the University of Cal-

gary 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.