Mindy Chen-Wishart is an Emeritus professor of the law of contract and was the Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford.[1] She was a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Merton College, Oxford.[2] She has written numerous articles on contract law and the law of obligations. Her work has been adopted the Canadian Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of England and Wales.[citation needed]

Mindy Chen-Wishart
Born
TitleEmeritus professor
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Otago
Academic work
DisciplineLaw
Sub-disciplineContract law specialist
InstitutionsMerton College, Oxford

Biography edit

Born in Taiwan, she was brought up in New Zealand. She began her academic career at the University of Otago, where she completed a master's degree in 1987,[3] then moving to Oxford, initially as a research fellow funded by the Rhodes Trust.[4][5]

In 2021, she called for anti-racism training across Oxford University, relying on personal anecdotal material.[6] She launched the #RaceMeToo Twitter campaign to draw attention to racism allegedly faced by affected academics.[7]

Publications edit

  • Unconscionable Bargains (Butterworths 1989) ISBN 978-0409788815
  • Contract Law (OUP, 1st edn 2005, 6th edn 2018) ISBN 978-0198806356

References edit

  1. ^ "Mindy Chen-Wishart". Faculty of Law, University of Oxford. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Professor Mindy Chen-Wishart". Merton College, Oxford. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  3. ^ Chen-Wishart, Mindy (1987). Unconscionable bargains : what are the courts doing? (Masters thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/3335.
  4. ^ "Mindy Chen-Wishart". University of Oxford. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Mindy Chen-Wishart Profile". The Rhodes Project. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  6. ^ Turner, Camilla (3 August 2021). "Oxford porters stop me because of my skin colour, says senior don". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 12 December 2021.
  7. ^ Garicano, Pieter. "Dean of the Faculty of Law launches #RaceMeToo". Cherwell. Retrieved 15 April 2022.

External links edit

Academic offices
Preceded by Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
2020-
Incumbent