Academics

Welcome

Welcome to Keble Law!

I am the Director of Studies and one of the law fellows at Keble, forming part of the large and vibrant law group at Keble. The other law fellows and lecturers at Keble are Mr Ed Peel (Tutorial Fellow), Professor Zittrain (Fellow by Special Election; based at Harvard Law School), Professor Mayer-Schoenberger (Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation) and Mr Malcolm Birdling (Research Fellow and Tutor in Law).

Keble has a large intake of undergraduate and graduate law students and a vibrant and prestigious tradition in law.  For more information on law at Keble see the webpage of the Keble law society, the Harris Society.  Lawyers at Keble are also part of the broader Keble Social Sciences Group which involves discussion, debate and interaction between the social sciences generally the Social Sciences Research Group.  .

Research Interests

My research interests are in unjust enrichment and restitution, equity and trusts, contract, torts, Roman law and legal history.  I also have a strong interest in criminal law and I practise in all these fields (except Roman law). I am a barrister in England (One Essex Court) and Australia and I advise regularly on cases in both countries and appear regularly in English trials and appeals and also in Australian appeals.

Recent Publications

• McGhee (Gen ed), Snell's Equity Chapters on penalties and forfeiture, maxims of equity, breach of confidence, estoppel, fraud undue influence and unconscionable transactions, (2010)
• Degeling and Edelman (eds), Unjust Enrichment in Commercial Law (Thomson LLP, 2008)
• Edelman and Davies, Torts and Equitable Wrongs, English Private Law, Burrows (Ed) (OUP, 2007)
• Burrows, McKendrick, Edelman, Cases and Materials on the law of Restitution (2nd edn) (Oxford Univ Press, 2006)
• Edelman, Bant, Unjust Enrichment in Australia (Oxford Univ Press, 2006)
• Degeling, Edelman, Equity in Commercial Law (ed) (Thomson LBC, 2005)
• Edelman, Cassidy, Interest Awards in Australia (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2003)
• Edelman, Gain-based Damages (Hart, Winner SLS Legal Scholarship Prize, 2002)
• Full list of publications: click on link opposite.

Academic Biography

• Editor, All England Annual Review (2006-), Editor LQR Reviews (2008-), Editorial Board, Journal of Equity (2008-), Editorial Board Journal of Corporate Affairs and Crimes (2010-); Consultation board member PLC Dispute Resolution (2010-) (2008 - present)
• Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales (2007 - present)
• Visiting Professor: Paris II (Université Panthéon-Assas) (2007 - 2008)
• Adjunct Professor, Universities of Western Australia (2005-2008), Georgia and Ohio State (2005-2008, 2010-) (2005 - present)
• Fellow in Law Keble College & University lecturer (2005-) and Professor of the Law of Obligations (2008-); University excellence in teaching awards (2007), (2010) (2005 - present)
• Barrister (W.Aust, 2001-); Consultant, England and Wales (2005-2008); Barrister England and Wales (2008-) (2001 - present)
• Lecturer St Edmund Hall, Oxford, Lecturer St Catherine's College, Oxford (2000 - 2001)
• Article Clerk and Solicitor, Blake Dawson Waldron (1998)
• Rhodes Scholar, Magdalen College Oxford (DPhil) (1998 - 2000)
• Associate to Justice John Toohey, High Court of Australia (1997)
• Undergraduate degrees: Commerce (Murdoch); Economics (UWA); Law (Hons) (UWA) (1991 - 1996)