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Ernest Weinrib

Legal Philosophy and Jurisprudence

Ernest J. Weinrib is a Canadian legal academic who teaches jurisprudence and legal philosophy at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law, holding degrees from the University of Toronto and a doctorate from Harvard University. He is known for a distinctive theory of private law that treats tort, contract and restitution as bilateral relationships in which one person's right is always the counterpart of another's duty, and he argues that private law is an autonomous field that cannot be justified by remedies aimed at broader social policy, such as punitive damages. His major books include The Idea of Private Law (1995), Corrective Justice (2012) and Reciprocal Freedom: Private Law and Public Right (2022), and in 2009 he received the Killam Prize for scholarly achievement. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Role
Legal academic 1
Nationality / Jurisdiction
Canadian 1
Born
1943 2
Birthplace
Toronto 2
Classification
Field of Law
Civil / Private Law 1
Gender
Male 1
Role
Role (category)
Legal Scholar 1
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1. Ernest Weinrib (Wikipedia)
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    Ernest J. Weinrib is a Canadian legal academic who works on jurisprudence and legal philosophy, particularly the theory of private law. He teaches at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.
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    Ernest J.
  • Introduction, role
    Ernest J.
  • Introduction, field of law
    He is known for a distinctive theory of private law that treats tort, contract and restitution as bilateral relationships in which one person's right is always the counterpart of another's duty, and he argues that private law is an autonomous field that cannot be justified by remedies aimed at broader social policy, such as punitive damages.
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2. Wikidata: Ernest Weinrib
  • Wikidata Q29354308, P569 date of birth claim (year)
    P569 (date of birth): 1943
  • Wikidata Q29354308, P19 place of birth claim
    P19 (place of birth): Toronto
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