Law and Language

A comparative examination of core words used by courts, legislators, and academic commentators in describing the nature of obligations law.

Martin Hogg has researched and published extensively in the field of obligations law, from both a national and comparative perspective, for over twenty years. He is the author of two monographs, the most recent being Promises and Contract Law: Comparative Perspectives (Cambridge, 2011). He is a member of the European Centre for Tort and Insurance Law, and since 2014 has been the editor of the Edinburgh Law Review.