Stephen Todd FRSNZ 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]
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).
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.[1]
His specialisation is New Zealand's accident compensation scheme and its relationship with the common law.[3]
Singing edit
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.[4][5]
References edit
- ^ a b "Professor Stephen Todd – School of Law – University of Canterbury". Retrieved 21 July 2010.
- ^ "Researchers and scholars at the top of their fields elected as Fellows". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- ^ "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.