Mindy Chen-Wishart

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

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]

Biography

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]

A notable doctoral student of Chen-Wishart is Jodi Gardner, Brian Coot Chair in Private Law at the University of Auckland.[8]

Publications

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

References

  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.
  8. ^ Gardner, Jodi (2018). How to Approach High-Cost Credit : Beyond Freedom and Protection (DPhil). University of Oxford.
Academic offices
Preceded by Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
2020-2023 		Succeeded by


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