PS Atiyah: An Academic Autobiography
PS Atiyah (1931–2018) was one of the world’s great legal scholars of the twentieth century and formerly Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford. He made immense contributions to, in particular, the law of contract and the law of torts.

Atiyah’s principal works include The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract, The Sale of Goods, An Introduction to the Law of Contract, Pragmatism and Theory in English Law, The Damages Lottery, Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law and Accidents, Compensation and the Law.

His work is of enduring relevance. His autobiography sheds light on his research and on the state of the academy in the second half of the previous century.

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PS Atiyah: An Academic Autobiography
PS Atiyah (1931–2018) was one of the world’s great legal scholars of the twentieth century and formerly Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford. He made immense contributions to, in particular, the law of contract and the law of torts.

Atiyah’s principal works include The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract, The Sale of Goods, An Introduction to the Law of Contract, Pragmatism and Theory in English Law, The Damages Lottery, Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law and Accidents, Compensation and the Law.

His work is of enduring relevance. His autobiography sheds light on his research and on the state of the academy in the second half of the previous century.

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PS Atiyah: An Academic Autobiography

PS Atiyah: An Academic Autobiography

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PS Atiyah: An Academic Autobiography

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PS Atiyah (1931–2018) was one of the world’s great legal scholars of the twentieth century and formerly Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford. He made immense contributions to, in particular, the law of contract and the law of torts.

Atiyah’s principal works include The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract, The Sale of Goods, An Introduction to the Law of Contract, Pragmatism and Theory in English Law, The Damages Lottery, Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law and Accidents, Compensation and the Law.

His work is of enduring relevance. His autobiography sheds light on his research and on the state of the academy in the second half of the previous century.


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ISBN-13: 9781399549844
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Publication date: 01/31/2026
Series: Edinburgh Studies in Law
Pages: 248
Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

PS Atiyah QC (hon) FBA (1931–2018) was a leading legal scholar of the 20th century and formerly Professor of English Law at the University of Oxford. He made immense contributions in particular to the law of contract and the law of torts but also to commercial law, comparative law, legal history, legal institutions and the role of courts/judiciary. Atiyah’s principal works include The Rise and Fall of Freedom of Contract, The Sale of Goods, An Introduction to the Law of Contract, Pragmatism and Theory in English Law, The Damages Lottery, Form and Substance in Anglo-American Law and Accidents, Compensation and the Law, each of which made a major mark on the law.



James Goudkamp is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Keble College, Oxford

Table of Contents

Foreword
Editor's Preface

1. My Family
2. Childhood
3. Schooldays and Holidays
4. Post-War England
5. Back to Khartoum
6. Interlude in Ghana
7. Back in England
8. Excitement at the Board of Trade
9. Back in Oxford
10. Australian Interlude
11. Warwick University
12. Oxford Again
13. America
14. Winding Down

PS Atiyah’s Published Works
Atiyah Family Tree

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