Andrew Botterell
Associate Professor
Joint Appointment with Faculty of Law
Philosophy of Law, Metaphysics
BA McGill; PhD MIT; JD Toronto
Phone: 519-661-2111 ext.
Office: Stevenson Hall 4150
E-mail: abottere@uwo.ca
Website: publish.uwo.ca/~abottere/
My primary teaching and research interests are in philosophy of law and metaphysics. In metaphysics I am interested in questions about essentialism,
I am happy to supervise students working in philosophy of law.
Recent publications
Articles
"Case Comment on 1688782 Ontario Inc. v. Maple Leaf Foods Inc." (Feb. 2021) 69 CCLT (4th) 137.
Introduction to the Canadian Law of Torts, 4th ed with E. Chamberlain, M. McInnes, J. Neyers, S. Pitel, and Z. Sinel (LexisNexis 2020)
The Law of Torts in Canada, 4th ed with E. Chamberlain, M. McInnes, J. Neyers, S. Pitel, and Z. Sinel, (Carswell, 2020)
“Understanding the Tort of Deceit,” in S. Degeling, M. Crawford, and N. Tiverios, eds, Justifying Private Rights (Hart Publishing, 2020)
“Parental Licensing and Discrimination” (with C. McLeod). In the Routledge Handbook on the Philosophy of Childhood and Children. Ed. G. Calder, J. De Wispelaere, and A. Gheaus. New York: Routledge, 2018. pp. 202-212.
"An Anscombean Reference for ‘I’?" (with R. Stainton). In Croatian Journal of Philosophy 18 (3), 2018:343-361.
"Logical Form and the Vernacular Revisited" (with R. Stainton). In Mind and Language 32 (4), 2017:495-522.
"Why Gametes are not Like Enriched Uranium". In Bioethics 30 (9), 2016:741-750.
"Tate & Lyle: Pure Economic Loss and the Modern Tort of Public Nuisance," (with J. Neyers). In Alberta Law Review 53 (4), 2016: 1031-1050.
"Rights, Loss, and Compensation in the Law of Torts". 69 Supreme Court Law Review (2d), 2015: 135-164.