Stephen Todd is a lawyer and a Professor of Law at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1] In 2022 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi. The society said "Stephen Todd is a highly influential scholar in private law. He is author or part-author of seven books (30 including successive editions) and author of 49 articles and of chapters in 21 books. His work is widely cited and has had exceptional impact in New Zealand courts and in higher courts overseas."[2]
Stephen Todd | |
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| Education | University of Sheffield (LL.B.) (LL.M.) University of Canterbury (LL.D.) |
| Occupation | Professor of Law |
| Employer | University of Canterbury Faculty of Law |
| Known for | Tort law, accident compensation scheme, and contract law |
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Education
editStephen Todd graduated the University of Sheffield in 1970 with LLB and completed an LLM at Sheffield in 1972. He concluded his formal education with a Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of Canterbury in 2002.[1]
Career
editFollowing his qualification as a barrister, he taught at the University of Western Australia before returning to Sheffield. In 1982, he began his tenure as a senior lecturer at the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and eventually advanced to a Professor of Law. From 2004, Todd also holds a fractional position as Professor of Common Law at the University of Nottingham, where he gives lectures generally on pure economic loss and birth torts (wrongful birth, wrongful fertilisation).[3]
He is the general editor and principal author of The Law of Torts in New Zealand, and the joint author with two colleagues of The Law of Contract in New Zealand.[4] Sian Elias, former Chief Justice of New Zealand, remarked about Todd on Torts:[5]
"The best legal writing both sparks the imagination and provides discipline. The Law of Torts in New Zealand is in that mould. It provides insights and analysis for all practising in this field. I expect it to remain the defining work on torts in New Zealand for the next 25 years and to continue to influence the direction of New Zealand law."
His specialisation is New Zealand's accident compensation scheme and its relationship with the common law.[6]
Todd is known by students to sing a number of songs about important torts cases during lectures, including Donoghue v Stevenson. The songs were originally written for the Canterbury University Law Students Society Law Revue. He is known to have a passion for singing, in particular opera. He has authored the book Leading Cases in Song and traditionally brings his lecture series to a culmination by reciting some of the more notable songs within his book.[7][8]
References
edit- ^ a b "Professor Stephen Todd – School of Law – University of Canterbury". profiles.canterbury.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Researchers and scholars at the top of their fields elected as Fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "Staff Listing - The University of Nottingham". 7 September 2010. Archived from the original on 7 September 2010. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Professor Stephen Todd – School of Law – University of Canterbury". Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ "Todd on Torts (9th edition)". Thomson Reuters New Zealand. Retrieved 27 August 2024.
- ^ "Researcher – UC Research Profile – University of Canterbury – Professor Stephen Todd". Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ Stephen Todd (17 September 2023). Leading Cases in Song. Brookers. ISBN 9780864728449.
- ^ Napier, Abbie (10 February 2014). "Professor puts cases to music". The Press. Retrieved 29 January 2023.