Patrick Atiyah

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Patrick S. Atiyah QC FBA (born March 5, 1931) is an English lawyer and academic.

[edit] Life

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.[1]

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).

[edit] Bibliography

Atiyah's principal publications include:

• Accidents, Compensation and the Law (1970);
• The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract (1979);
• Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law (1987).

[edit] Honours

• Fellow of the British Academy (1978)