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Contributors: Anja, Eva, Amine, Naomi, Chris, Ariane.


 * Week 1: Characteristics of Common Law Tradition- Naomi**

A.W.B. Simpson, 'An Invitation to Law'


 * Week 2: Private Law and Public Interest - Eva**

//K.L.B. v. British Columbia// [2003] 2 SCR 403 -- supplementary summary //Bazley v. Curry// [1999] 2 SCR 534 //Miller v. Jackson// (1977) Q.B. 966 //Dobson v. Dobson// [1999] 2 SCR 753

Farber and Frickey, 'In the Shadow of the Legislature" (1994) - //supplementary//


 * Week 3: The Common Law Moment - Anja and Amine**

Donoghue v. Stevenson [1932] AC 562 - from last year's Jutras wiki //Chester v. The Council of the Municipality of Waverley// (1939) 62 CLR 1 - ANJA

Winfield, 'Chapter 3: Tort Defined' in //The Province of the Law of Tort// (1931) - ANJA McPherson v Buick Motor Co. (1916) 217 NY 382, 111 N.E. 1050 - ANJA Llewellyn, The Bramble Bush; on our law and its study (1951) pp. 58-69 - AMINE Ibbetson, A Historical Introduction to the Law of Obligations (1999) pp. 188-196 - AMINE


 * Week 4: Beyond Donoghue - Naomi and Eva**

Hedley Byrne v. Heller [1964 AC 465 - Naomi //Home Office v. Dorset Yacht Co. Ltd .// [1970] AC 1004 - Ariane

Sunstein, 'On Analogical reasoning' (1993) - Ariane Samuels, 'Facts and Law' in Epistemology and Method in Law (2003), pp. 173-200 - Naomi


 * Week 5: How far? Giving meaning to proximity - Anja and Amine**

//Candler v. Crane Christmas & Co// [1951] 1 All ER 426 (C.A.) - EVA //Hedley Byrne// (again) Manderson, Proximity, Torts and teh Sould of Law (2006), Chapter 4 parts III and IV Klinck, 'This Other Eden: Lord Denning's Pastoral Vision' (1994) Posner, 'Cardozo's Judicial Technique' in //Cardozo; A Study in Reputation// (1990) - EVA Cardozo, 'Lecture III: The Method of Sociology. The Judge as Legislator' in //The Nature of the Judicial Process// (1921), pp. 102-115 - EVA Cardozo, 'The Game of the Law and its Prizes' in //Law and Literature and other essays// (1931), pp. 160-168 - EVA


 * Week 6: Proximity and the problem of pure economic loss: Concepts and Categories**

Kamloops v. Nielsen [1984] 2 SCR 2 - Naomi Rivtow Marine Limited v. Washington Iron Works [1974] SCR 1189 - Naomi Winnipeg Condominium Corp no 36 v. Bird Construction Co. [1995] 1 SCR 85, 121 DLR (4th) 193 - Naomi Hercules Management v. Ernst & Young [1997] 2 SCR 165 - Naomi Manderson, Proximity, Torts and the Sould of Law (2006) Chapter 5 Parts II and III - Chris L'Heureux-Dubé, "The Dissenting Opinion: Voice of the Future?" - Anja


 * Week 7: Proximity and Pure Economic Loss: Setting Limits**

//Winnipeg Condominium Corp// (again) //D. & F. Estates v. Church Commissioners// [1989] 1 AC 177 - Eva //Murphy v. Brentwood// [1991] 1 AC 398 Stychin, 'Dangerous Liaisons - New Developments in the Law of Defective Premises ' (1996) - Ariane McLaren: 'The Dickson Approach to Liability in Tort' in //Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada 1973-1990// (1998) - Amine

CNR v. Norsk 1992 1 SCR 1021 - Chris //Bow Valley Husky (Bermuda) Ltd v. Saint John Shipbuilding Ltd.// [1997] 3 SCR 1210 - Naomi Cooper v. Hobart (2001) 3 SCR 537 - Naomi
 * Week 8: Proximity and Relational Economic Loss**

McLachlin, 'Evolution of the law of private obligation: The Influence of Justice La forest' in //Gerard V La Forest at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1985-1997// (2000) - Anja


 * Week 9: Proximity and Relational Personal Loss**

//Chester v. Waverley// (again) //Rhodes v Canadian National Railway// (1990) 75 DLR (4th) - Eva

Van Praagh, "Who Lost What?: Relationship and Relational Loss" (2002) 17 Sup. Ct. L. Rev. (2d) 269-safia Reaume, 'Indignities: Making a place for dignity in modern legal thoguht' (2002) - //supplementary//


 * Week 10: Conflict, Choice and Convergence**

BG Checo International v. BC Hydro and Power Authority [1993] 1 SCR 12 - Anja Henderson v. Merrett Syndicates Ltd [1995] 2 AC 145 - Chris

Fleming, 'Tort in a Contractual Matrix' (1995) 33 Osgoode Hall L.J. 661 - Naomi

Lac Minerals Ltd v. International Corona Resources Ltd [1989] 2 SCR 574, 61 DLR (4th) 14 //Banner Homes Group Plc. v. Luff Developments// [2000] Ch 372 //Attorney General for Hong Kong v. Reid// [1994] 1 AC 324
 * Week 11: How close? Fiduciary obligations in teh Commercial Context**

Cossman and Hoffstein, 'Disputes Involving Trusts: The Canadian Experience', in //Disputes Involving Trusts// (1999), pp. 45-50, 74-78 McLachlin, 'The Place of Equity and Equitable Doctrines in the Contemporary Common Law World: A Canadian Perspective', in //Equity, Fiduciaries and Trusts// (1993), pp. 37-44, 50-53.


 * Week 12: Ficuciary obligations to Patients and Clients**

//Norberg v. Wynrib// [1992] 2 SCR 226, 92 DLR (4th) 449 - Anja Hodgkinson v. Simms [1994] 3 SCR 377 - Chris //White v. Jones// [1995] 2 AC 207 - //supplementary// Worthington, 'Fiduciaries: When is Self-Denial Obligatory?' (1999) 58(3) Cambridge Law Journal 500-508. - Naomi


 * Week 13: Creativity and Change**

K.M. v. H.M. [1992] 3 sCR 6 Supplementary summary here //A.(C.) v. Critchley// (1998) 166 D.L.R. (4th) 475 (B.C.C.A.) Not missing from CB - on pp. 216-219 - Eva // //F.S.M. v. Clarke// [1999] B.C.J. No. 1973 (B.C.S.C.)  //

Reaume & Macklem, 'Education or Subordination: Redressing the Adverse Effects of Residential Schooling', in //For Seven Generations// (1996) - EVA shorter version Lord Devlin, 'Judges and Lawmakers' [1976] Modern Law Review 1. Lord Goff, 'The Future of the Common Law' (1997) 46 International and Comparative Law Quarterly 745.