Anthony Guest

Anthony Gordon Guest, CBE, KC, FBA (born 1930), often published as A. G. Guest, is a British barrister and legal scholar. He was professor of English law at the King's College London from 1966 to 1997, having previously been a fellow of University College, Oxford, from 1955 to 1965.[https://www.ukwhoswho.com/display/10.1093/ww/9780199540891.001.0001/ww-9780199540884-e-13901 "Donaldson, Prof. (Charles) Ian (Edward)"], Who's Who (onlne ed., Oxford University Press, 2023). Retrieved 2 February 2024. He specialises in the law of contracts, especially relating to sale of goods, negotiable instruments and consumer credit.[https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/anthony-guest "Professor Anthony Guest"], King's College London. Retrieved 2 February 2024.

Guest was made a Queen's Counsel (QC; now King's Counsel, KC) in 1987.[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/50906/page/5769 The London Gazette], 1 May 1987 (issue 50906), p. 5769. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 1989 New Year Honours for services to the UN Commission on International Trade Law,[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/51578/supplement/8 The London Gazette], 30 December 1988 (supplement, issue 51578), p. 8. and elected a fellow of the British Academy in 1993.[https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/anthony-guest-FBA/ "Professor Anthony Guest FBA"], British Academy. Retrieved 1 February 2024.

Publications

(editor) Anson's Principles of the Law of Contract (edns 21 to 26, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1959–1984)
(general editor) Chitty on Contracts (edns 23 to 27, London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1968–1994)
(editor) Oxford Essays on Jurisprudence (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1961)For reviews of this book, see F E Dowrick (1963) 26 Modern Law Review [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1092857 106]; Charles Fried (1961) 61 Columbia Law Review [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1119926 1384]; A H Campbell, "Book Reviews" (1961) 12 Philosophical Quarterly [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2216463 282]; Wolfgang Friedmann, "Reviews" (1961) 76 Political Science Quarterly [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2146555 615]; and E S (1963) 28 Il Politico [https://www.jstor.org/stable/43205842 222].
The Law of Hire-Purchase (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1966)For reviews of this book, see Florence O'Donoghue (1967) 30 Modern Law Review [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1092617 473]; L S Sealy (1967) 25 Cambridge Law Journal [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4505145 131]; and W D Finlay (1966) 1 Irish Jurist (New Series) [https://www.jstor.org/stable/44025976 376].
(editor) Benjamin's Sale of Goods (edns 1 to 6, London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1974–2002)
(editor, with Michael G. Lloyd and Eva Z. Lomnicka) Encyclopedia of Consumer Credit Law (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1975)For a review of this book, see R Lawson (1978) 41 Modern Law Review [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1095520 500].
(with Eva Z. Lomnicka) Introduction to the Law of Credit and Security (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1978)For reviews of this book, see R M Goode (1979) 42 Modern Law Review [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1095652 125]; and J W A Thornely (1979) 38 Cambridge Law Journal [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4506208 415].
(editor) Chalmers and Guest on Bills of Exchange (edns 14 to 15, London: Sweet and Maxwell, 1991–1998)
Guest on the Law of Assignment (London: Sweet and Maxwell, 2012)
(with Paul Matthews) The Law of Treasure (Oxford: Archaeopress, 2018)

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Category:20th-century King's Counsel