Selden Society lecture series Australia

Making law through practice: examples from commercial law

July 28, 2022 Supreme Court Library Queensland, Australian Academy of Law, Sir Ross Cranston Season 3 Episode 29
Making law through practice: examples from commercial law
Selden Society lecture series Australia
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Selden Society lecture series Australia
Making law through practice: examples from commercial law
Jul 28, 2022 Season 3 Episode 29
Supreme Court Library Queensland, Australian Academy of Law, Sir Ross Cranston

Sir Ross Cranston will draw on themes in his recent book, Making commercial law through practice 1830–1970 (Cambridge UP, 2021), emphasising the Australian dimension.  He will examine three areas: markets, agency and sales, to show that although the common law provided the backdrop to commercial activity, it was in practice a flexible tool to achieve what the parties wanted.   

About the speaker  

Sir Ross Cranston is professor of law at the London School of Economics, where he was previously Cassel professor of commercial law. After graduating from the University of Queensland with university medals in history and political science and law, he undertook post-graduate work at Harvard and Oxford. He has been an MP, Solicitor General for England and Wales and a High Court judge for England and Wales.  

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Sir Ross Cranston will draw on themes in his recent book, Making commercial law through practice 1830–1970 (Cambridge UP, 2021), emphasising the Australian dimension.  He will examine three areas: markets, agency and sales, to show that although the common law provided the backdrop to commercial activity, it was in practice a flexible tool to achieve what the parties wanted.   

About the speaker  

Sir Ross Cranston is professor of law at the London School of Economics, where he was previously Cassel professor of commercial law. After graduating from the University of Queensland with university medals in history and political science and law, he undertook post-graduate work at Harvard and Oxford. He has been an MP, Solicitor General for England and Wales and a High Court judge for England and Wales.  

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