Michael G Pratt is Professor of Law, cross-appointed to Philosophy, at Queen’s University. He studied at the University of Toronto, where he earned his BSc and, following an LLB from Osgoode, his LLM. He later obtained a PhD in Philosophy from the University of Sydney.
Professor Pratt joined Queen’s Law in 2003, having previously taught at the University of Queensland and the University of Alberta. He has served as Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research. Professor Pratt teaches a range of courses in private law, including Contracts, Torts, Remedies, and Land Transactions.
Professor Pratt has written widely on the law of contract, the law of remedies, and the philosophical foundations of contracts and other voluntary obligations. He recently published a treatise on the law governing the termination and rescission of agreements for the purchase and sale of land in Canada.
Research:
- Remedies
- Contract Law
- Real Estate Transactions
Recent Publications
Teaching and Research Topics
- Contracts, Remedies, Real Estate Transactions
Books
- Termination and Rescission of Agreements for the Purchase and Sale of Land, LexisNexis, 2023.
[Awarded Second Place in the 2023 Walter Owen Book Prize competition] - With D Percy and S Ben-Ishai, Contracts: Cases and Comments 11th ed. (2022 Thomson Reuters)
- With J. Berryman et al., Remedies: Cases & Materials, 8th ed. Emond Montgomery, (2020)
Articles
- “Why are Deposits Deducted from Damages?” Canadian Business Law Journal, forthcoming 2024
- “Waiving Conditions Precedent” (2021) 52 Adv. Quarterly 119
- “What would the Defendant have Done But For the Wrong?” (2020) Oxford J Legal Studies 28
- “Betterment” (2017) 40:1 Dal LJ 67-105
- “Some Features of Promises and Their Obligations”, (2014) 52 Southern J of Philosophy 382
- “Disclaimers of Liability and Voluntary Obligations”, (2014) 51 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 767