Name Patrick Atiyah Role Advocate | Parents Edward Atiyah | |
Books The Rise and Fall of Freedom, The sale of goods, An introduction to the law, Essays on contract, The damages lottery Similar People Peter Cane, Robert S Summers, Michael Atiyah | ||
Patrick S. Atiyah, QC, FBA (born 5 March 1931) is an English lawyer and academic. He is best known for his work as a common lawyer, particularly in the law of contract and for advocating reformation or abolition of the law of tort. He was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 1979.
Biography
Atiyah is a son of the Lebanese writer Edward Atiyah and his Scottish wife Jean. The well-known mathematician Sir Michael Atiyah is his brother.
Atiyah was professor of law at the Australian National University (1970–1973), at the University of Warwick (1973–1977) and professor of English law at the University of Oxford (1977–1988).
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