A native of Toronto, Ernest Weinrib has a PhD from Harvard (1968) and a BA (1965) and a JD (1972) from the University of Toronto. He has been teaching law at the University of Toronto since 1972, and has been a visiting professor at the Yale Law School and at Tel Aviv University. He holds the rank of University Professor (the University of Toronto's highest honour) and is the Cecil A. Wright Professor of Law. His major works also include Corrective Justice (OUP 2012).

• Preface to the Revised Edition ; 1. Understanding Private Law ; 2. Legal Formalism ; 3. Corrective Justice ; 4. Kantian Right ; 5. Correlativity ; 6. Negligence Liability ; 7. Strict Liability ; 8. The Autonomy of Private Law

Ernest Weinrib's new book deserves our highest attention. No one who thinks seriously about the nature of private law can afford to ignore this work. In addition to providing a compelling account of the nature of private law, this book puts into serious question the leading contemporary accounts of the nature of law. In short, this is a book from which any student of law will learn much...No account of private law can be complete without addressing Weinrib's position.

A native of Toronto, Ernest Weinrib has a PhD from Harvard (1968) and a BA (1965) and a JD (1972) from the University of Toronto. He has been teaching law at the University of Toronto since 1972, and has been a visiting professor at the Yale Law School and at Tel Aviv University. He holds the rank of University Professor (the University of Toronto's highest honour) and is the Cecil A. Wright Professor of Law. His major works also include Corrective Justice (OUP 2012).

• Preface to the Revised Edition ; 1. Understanding Private Law ; 2. Legal Formalism ; 3. Corrective Justice ; 4. Kantian Right ; 5. Correlativity ; 6. Negligence Liability ; 7. Strict Liability ; 8. The Autonomy of Private Law

Ernest Weinrib's new book deserves our highest attention. No one who thinks seriously about the nature of private law can afford to ignore this work. In addition to providing a compelling account of the nature of private law, this book puts into serious question the leading contemporary accounts of the nature of law. In short, this is a book from which any student of law will learn much...No account of private law can be complete without addressing Weinrib's position.

A native of Toronto, Ernest Weinrib has a PhD from Harvard (1968) and a BA (1965) and a JD (1972) from the University of Toronto. He has been teaching law at the University of Toronto since 1972, and has been a visiting professor at the Yale Law School and at Tel Aviv University. He holds the rank of University Professor (the University of Toronto's highest honour) and is the Cecil A. Wright Professor of Law. His major works also include Corrective Justice (OUP 2012).

• Preface to the Revised Edition ; 1. Understanding Private Law ; 2. Legal Formalism ; 3. Corrective Justice ; 4. Kantian Right ; 5. Correlativity ; 6. Negligence Liability ; 7. Strict Liability ; 8. The Autonomy of Private Law

Ernest Weinrib's new book deserves our highest attention. No one who thinks seriously about the nature of private law can afford to ignore this work. In addition to providing a compelling account of the nature of private law, this book puts into serious question the leading contemporary accounts of the nature of law. In short, this is a book from which any student of law will learn much...No account of private law can be complete without addressing Weinrib's position.