Anthony Guest
Anthony Gordon Guest, CBE, KC, FBA (born 1930), often published as A. G. Guest, is a British barrister and legal scholar. He was professor of English law at the King's College London from 1966 to 1997, having previously been a fellow of University College, Oxford, from 1955 to 1965.[1] He specialises in the law of contracts, especially relating to sale of goods, negotiable instruments and consumer credit.[2]
Guest was made a Queen's Counsel (QC; now King's Counsel, KC) in 1987.[3] He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1989 New Year Honours for services to the UN Commission on International Trade Law,[4] and elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1993.[5]
Publications[edit]
- (editor) Anson's Principles of the Law of Contract (edns 21 to 26, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1959–1984)
- (general editor) Chitty on Contracts (edns 23 to 27, London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1968–1994)
- (editor) Oxford Essays on Jurisprudence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961)[6]
- The Law of Hire-Purchase (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1966)[7]
- (editor) Benjamin's Sale of Goods (edns 1 to 6, London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1974–2002)
- (editor, with Michael G. Lloyd and Eva Z. Lomnicka) Encyclopedia of Consumer Credit Law (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1975)[8]
- (with Eva Z. Lomnicka) Introduction to the Law of Credit and Security (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1978)[9]
- (editor) Chalmers and Guest on Bills of Exchange (edns 14 to 15, London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1991–1998)
- Guest on the Law of Assignment (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 2012)
- (with Paul Matthews) The Law of Treasure (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2018)
References[edit]
- ^ "Donaldson, Prof. (Charles) Ian (Edward)", Who's Who (onlne ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ "Professor Anthony Guest", King's College London. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
- ^ The London Gazette, 1 May 1987 (issue 50906), p. 5769.
- ^ The London Gazette, 30 December 1988 (supplement, issue 51578), p. 8.
- ^ "Professor Anthony Guest FBA", British Academy. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ For reviews of this book, see F E Dowrick (1963) 26 Modern Law Review 106; Charles Fried (1961) 61 Columbia Law Review 1384; A H Campbell, "Book Reviews" (1961) 12 Philosophical Quarterly 282; Wolfgang Friedmann, "Reviews" (1961) 76 Political Science Quarterly 615; and E S (1963) 28 Il Politico 222.
- ^ For reviews of this book, see Florence O'Donoghue (1967) 30 Modern Law Review 473; L S Sealy (1967) 25 Cambridge Law Journal 131; and W D Finlay (1966) 1 Irish Jurist (New Series) 376.
- ^ For a review of this book, see R Lawson (1978) 41 Modern Law Review 500.
- ^ For reviews of this book, see R M Goode (1979) 42 Modern Law Review 125; and J W A Thornely (1979) 38 Cambridge Law Journal 415.
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