Law

Prof Martin Hogg

LLB, PhD

Contact Details

Established Professor
E: MARTIN.HOGG@nuigalway.ie

Biography

Professor Martin Hogg was appointed as an Established Professor and Dean of the University of Galway School of Law in November 2021. He was previously Professor of the Law of Obligations and Dean of the Edinburgh Law School in Scotland.

Professor Hogg's main academic interests lie in all aspects of the law of obligations, with a recent focus on comparative obligations law, the law of contract and promise, the fundamental structural language of the law of obligations, and restatements and codifications of the law. He is a member of the European Centre of Tort and Insurance Law.

Professor Hogg served as one of the two Co-Presidents of the Law Schools Global League between 2021 and 2023. He is a (non-practising) member of the Faculty of Advocates (the Scottish Bar).

Research Interests

Contract Law; Delict/Tort Law; Unjustified Enrichment; Obligations Law; Comparative Private Law.

Peer Reviewed Journals

	Year	Publication
	(2023)	'Implied Contractual Terms and Repudiation: PLZ Soccer Ltd v STV Central Ltd' Hogg, Martin; Macgregor, Laura (2023) 'Implied Contractual Terms and Repudiation: PLZ Soccer Ltd v STV Central Ltd'. Edinburgh Law Review, 27 (2):196-202 [Details]
	(2022)	'XXIV. Scotland' Martin Hogg (2022) 'XXIV. Scotland'. European Tort Law Yearbook, 11 (1):539-560 [DOI] [Details]
	(2023)	'Sobhy v Chief Appeals Officer' Hogg, Martin (2023) 'Sobhy v Chief Appeals Officer'. Irish Supreme Court Review, 5 :205-218 [Details]
	(2021)	'Scotland' Hogg, Martin (2021) 'Scotland'. European Tort Law Yearbook, 10 (1):557-579 [Details]
	(2015)	'Promises to Lend, Collateral Warranties, and Red Herrings' Hogg, Martin (2015) 'Promises to Lend, Collateral Warranties, and Red Herrings'. Edinburgh Law Reviewedinburgh Law Review, 2015 (33):384-388 [Details]
	(2015)	'A solicitor's potential liability for losses caused to a third party through the facilitation of fraudulent conduct by a client' Hogg, Martin (2015) 'A solicitor's potential liability for losses caused to a third party through the facilitation of fraudulent conduct by a client'. Journal of Professional Negligence, 31 (33):203-206 [Details]
	(2015)	'Restitution following Termination of Contract: A Contractual Or Enrichment Remedy?' Hogg, Martin (2015) 'Restitution following Termination of Contract: A Contractual Or Enrichment Remedy?'. Edinburgh Law Reviewedinburgh Law Review, 19 (22):269-273 [Details]
	(2014)	'The Transmission of Liability for Exposure to Asbestos: Bavaird v Sir Robert Mcalpine Ltd In The Inner House' Hogg, Martin (2014) 'The Transmission of Liability for Exposure to Asbestos: Bavaird v Sir Robert Mcalpine Ltd In The Inner House'. Edinburgh Law Reviewedinburgh Law Review, 18 (22):270-274 [Details]
	(2013)	'A Regency Drama: Misrepresentation By Appearance, Reduction And Restitutio In Integrum' Hogg, Martin (2013) 'A Regency Drama: Misrepresentation By Appearance, Reduction And Restitutio In Integrum'. Edinburgh Law Review, 17 (22):256-264 [Details]
	(2013)	'Continued Uncertainty in the Analysis of Unjustified Enrichment' Hogg, Martin (2013) 'Continued Uncertainty in the Analysis of Unjustified Enrichment'. Scots Law Times, [Details]
	(2013)	'Delict in Scotland in 2012' Hogg, Martin (2013) 'Delict in Scotland in 2012'. European Tort Law Yearbook, 2012 :577-608 [Details]
	(2013)	'Unjustified Enrichment Claims: When Does the Prescriptive Clock begin to Run?' Hogg, Martin (2013) 'Unjustified Enrichment Claims: When Does the Prescriptive Clock begin to Run?'. Edinburgh Law Review, 17 (33):405-410 [Details]
	(2013)	'Revisiting the Contracts Scholarship of Stewart Macaulay. Eds Jean Braucher, John Kidwell and William C Whitford' Hogg, Martin (2013) 'Revisiting the Contracts Scholarship of Stewart Macaulay. Eds Jean Braucher, John Kidwell and William C Whitford'. Edinburgh Law Review, 17 (33):434-436 [Details]
	(2013)	'Liabilities and Obligations: Two Different Concepts?' Hogg, Martin (2013) 'Liabilities and Obligations: Two Different Concepts?'. Journal of Professional Negligence, 29 (33):186-194 [Details]
	(2012)	'Three Recent Cases of Promise' Hogg, Martin (2012) 'Three Recent Cases of Promise'. Edinburgh Law Review, 16 (33):430-438 [Details]
	(2012)	'Liability for Losses caused through Reliance on an Inaccurate Route Guide' Hogg, Martin (2012) 'Liability for Losses caused through Reliance on an Inaccurate Route Guide'. Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, :350-356 [Details]
	(2012)	'Liability for Improperly Rejected Contract Tenders: Legitimate Expectations, Contract, Promise And Delict' Hogg, Martin (2012) 'Liability for Improperly Rejected Contract Tenders: Legitimate Expectations, Contract, Promise And Delict'. Edinburgh Law Review, 16 (22):246-253 [Details]
	(2012)	'Donation in Scots Law' MacQueen, Hector; Hogg, Martin (2012) 'Donation in Scots Law'. Juridical Review, :1-24 [Details]
	(2011)	'Brian Coote, Contract as Assumption' Hogg, Martin (2011) 'Brian Coote, Contract as Assumption'. Edinburgh Law Review, 15 (22):315-318 [Details]
	(2011)	'Damages by the Portfolio Method' Hogg, Martin (2011) 'Damages by the Portfolio Method'. Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly, :166-171 [Details]
	(2011)	'Delict in Scotland in 2011' Hogg, Martin (2011) 'Delict in Scotland in 2011'. European Tort Law Yearbook, :523-543 [Details]
	(2011)	'Geoffrey Samuel, Law of Obligations' Hogg, Martin (2011) 'Geoffrey Samuel, Law of Obligations'. Edinburgh Law Review, 15 (11):149-151 [Details]
	(2011)	'MacDonald v Nicholson: A Case of Contractual Confusion' Hogg, Martin (2011) 'MacDonald v Nicholson: A Case of Contractual Confusion'. Edinburgh Law Review, 15 (22):255-259 [Details]
	(2011)	'Promise and Donation in Louisiana and Comparative Law' Hogg, Martin (2011) 'Promise and Donation in Louisiana and Comparative Law'. Tulane European and Civil Law Forum, 26 (00):171-204 [Details]
	(2011)	'Fundamental Issues for Reform of the Law of Contractual Interpretation' Hogg, Martin (2011) 'Fundamental Issues for Reform of the Law of Contractual Interpretation'. Edinburgh Law Review, 15 :406-422 [Details]
	(2010)	'Damages for pecuniary loss in cases of wrongful birth' Hogg, Martin (2010) 'Damages for pecuniary loss in cases of wrongful birth'. Journal of European Tort Law, 1 (22):156-170 [Details]
	(2010)	'Eric Descheemaeker, The Division of Wrongs: A Historical Comparative Study' Hogg, Martin (2010) 'Eric Descheemaeker, The Division of Wrongs: A Historical Comparative Study'. Edinburgh Law Review, 14 (22):339-341 [Details]
	(2010)	'Promise: The Neglected Obligation In European Private Law' Hogg, Martin (2010) 'Promise: The Neglected Obligation In European Private Law'. International and Comparative Law Quarterly, 59 (22):461-479 [Details]
	(2010)	'Thomas Kadner Graziano, Comparative Contract Law: Cases, Materials and Exercises' Hogg, Martin (2010) 'Thomas Kadner Graziano, Comparative Contract Law: Cases, Materials and Exercises'. Edinburgh Law Review, 14 (33):527-529 [Details]
	(2010)	'Melville Monument Liability: Some Doubtful Dicta' Hogg, Martin; MacQueen, Hector (2010) 'Melville Monument Liability: Some Doubtful Dicta'. Edinburgh Law Review, 14 :451-455 [Details]
	(2009)	'European Private Law Beyond the Common Frame of Reference: Essays in Honour of Reinhard Zimmermann. Ed by Antoni Vaquer' Hogg, Martin (2009) 'European Private Law Beyond the Common Frame of Reference: Essays in Honour of Reinhard Zimmermann. Ed by Antoni Vaquer'. Edinburgh Law Review, 13 (22):351-353 [Details]
	(2009)	'Contract Formation in the Electronic Age' Hogg, Martin (2009) 'Contract Formation in the Electronic Age'. Edinburgh Law Review, 13 :121-125 [Details]
	(2009)	'Intention to Contract and Wasted Pre-contractual Expenditure' Hogg, Martin (2009) 'Intention to Contract and Wasted Pre-contractual Expenditure'. Edinburgh Law Review, 13 :130-134 [Details]
	(2009)	'Perspectives on Contract Theory from a Mixed Legal System' Hogg, Martin (2009) 'Perspectives on Contract Theory from a Mixed Legal System'. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 29 (44):643-673 [Details]
	(2009)	'The Continuing Confused Saga of Contract and Error' Hogg, Martin (2009) 'The Continuing Confused Saga of Contract and Error'. Edinburgh Law Review, 13 :286-290 [Details]
	(2008)	'Asbestos Related Conditions and the Idea of Damage in the Law of Delict' Hogg, Martin (2008) 'Asbestos Related Conditions and the Idea of Damage in the Law of Delict'. Scots Law Times, [Details]
	(2008)	'Causation and Apportionment of Damages in Cases of Divisible Injury' Hogg, Martin (2008) 'Causation and Apportionment of Damages in Cases of Divisible Injury'. Edinburgh Law Review, 12 :99-105 [Details]
	(2007)	'Re-establishing Orthodoxy in the Realm of Causation' Hogg, Martin (2007) 'Re-establishing Orthodoxy in the Realm of Causation'. Edinburgh Law Review, 11 (11):8-30 [Details]
	(2007)	'Graham Virgo, Principles of the Law of Restitution' Hogg, Martin (2007) 'Graham Virgo, Principles of the Law of Restitution'. Edinburgh Law Review, 11 :461-462 [Details]
	(2007)	'Damages for Breach of a Keep-Open Clause: Douglas Shelf Seven Ltd V Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd' Hogg, Martin (2007) 'Damages for Breach of a Keep-Open Clause: Douglas Shelf Seven Ltd V Co-Operative Wholesale Society Ltd'. Edinburgh Law Review, 11 (33):416-421 [Details]
	(2006)	'Unjustified Enrichment in Scots Law Twenty Years On' Hogg, Martin (2006) 'Unjustified Enrichment in Scots Law Twenty Years On'. Where Now?, 14 :1-20 [Details]
	(2005)	'The Role of Causation in Delict' Hogg, Martin (2005) 'The Role of Causation in Delict'. Juridical Review, 2005 (22):89-151 [Details]
	(2005)	'Duties of Care, Causation, and the Implications of Chester v Afshar' Hogg, Martin (2005) 'Duties of Care, Causation, and the Implications of Chester v Afshar'. Edinburgh Law Review, 9 :156-167 [Details]
	(2004)	'Scots Law and Informed Consent in Consumer Transactions' Hogg, Martin (2004) 'Scots Law and Informed Consent in Consumer Transactions'. Tijdschrift voor Consumentenrecht, (44):130-134 [Details]
	(2003)	'The Consumer's Right to Rescind under the Sale of Goods Act' Hogg, Martin (2003) 'The Consumer's Right to Rescind under the Sale of Goods Act'. A Tale of Two Remedies, [Details]
	(2003)	'Paul v Olgilvy: A Lost Opportunity For Lost Chance Recovery' Hogg, Martin (2003) 'Paul v Olgilvy: A Lost Opportunity For Lost Chance Recovery'. Scots Law Times, 7 (11):86-92 [Details]
	(2002)	'ECJ C-240/98 â€” C-244/98, 27 June 2000, (OcÃ©ano Grupo Editorial and Salvat Editores) Scottish Case Note' Hogg, Martin,Arnokouros, Georgios,Pinna, Andrea,Cascao, Rui,Watterson, Stephen (2002) 'ECJ C-240/98 â€” C-244/98, 27 June 2000, (OcÃ©ano Grupo Editorial and Salvat Editores) Scottish Case Note'. European Review of Private Law, 10 (11):157-173 [Details]
	(2001)	'Scottish Law and the European Consumer Sales Directive' Hogg, Martin (2001) 'Scottish Law and the European Consumer Sales Directive'. European Review of Private Law, 9 (2/32/3):337-350 [Details]
	(2001)	'Lowlands to Low Country' Hogg, Martin (2001) 'Lowlands to Low Country'. Perspectives on the Scottish and Dutch Law of Unjustified Enrichment, 5 (11) [Details]
	(2000)	'Restitution in Bankruptcy' Hogg, Martin,Backx, J. (2000) 'Restitution in Bankruptcy'. A Scots Law View of Ontvanger v Hamm q.q, 8 (33):509-521 [Details]
	(1999)	'To Irritate or to Rescind: Two Paths For The Landlord?' Hogg, Martin (1999) 'To Irritate or to Rescind: Two Paths For The Landlord?'. Scots Law Times, :1-6 [Details]
	(1999)	'Privacy and Loyalty. Ed by Peter Birks (Oxford: Clarendon University Press, 1997)' Hogg, Martin (1999) 'Privacy and Loyalty. Ed by Peter Birks (Oxford: Clarendon University Press, 1997)'. Edinburgh Law Review, 3 (33):411-412 [Details]
	(1998)	'A Few Tricky Problems Surrounding Unilateral Promise' Hogg, Martin (1998) 'A Few Tricky Problems Surrounding Unilateral Promise'. Scots Law Times, :25-29 [Details]
	(1998)	'Concurrent Liability in the Scots Law of Contract and Delict' Hogg, Martin (1998) 'Concurrent Liability in the Scots Law of Contract and Delict'. Juridical Review, (11):1-20 [Details]
	(1998)	'Contract, Agency and Recompense' Hogg, Martin (1998) 'Contract, Agency and Recompense'. Four Recent Enrichment Cases, 2 (33):357-365 [Details]
	(1997)	'Judicial Attitudes to Unjustified Enrichment: The Conservative Nature Of Morgan Guaranty V. Lothian Regional Council' Hogg, Martin (1997) 'Judicial Attitudes to Unjustified Enrichment: The Conservative Nature Of Morgan Guaranty V. Lothian Regional Council'. Edinburgh Law Review, 1 :381-385 [Details]
	(1997)	'Data Protection' Hogg, Martin (1997) 'Data Protection'. The Government's Proposals, :277-279 [Details]
	(1997)	'Lost Chances in Contract and Delict' Hogg, Martin (1997) 'Lost Chances in Contract and Delict'. Scots Law Times, :71-76 [Details]
	(1996)	'Privacy and European Data Protection Rights' Hogg, Martin (1996) 'Privacy and European Data Protection Rights'. Scots Law Times, :127-134 [Details]
	(1992)	'Privacy: A Valued and Protected Interest in Scots law' Hogg, Martin (1992) 'Privacy: A Valued and Protected Interest in Scots law'. Scots Law Timesscots Law Times, [Details]
	(2020)	'XXIV. Scotland' Hogg, Martin (2020) 'XXIV. Scotland'. European Tort Law Yearbook, 9 (1):542-568 [Details]
	(2019)	'Delict in Scotland in 2018' Hogg, Martin (2019) 'Delict in Scotland in 2018'. European Tort Law Yearbook, 9 (1):563-588 [Details]
	(2018)	'Delict in Scotland in 2017' Hogg, Martin (2018) 'Delict in Scotland in 2017'. European Tort Law Yearbook, 8 (1):527-551 [Details]
	(2018)	'The implication of terms-in-fact' Hogg, Martin (2018) 'The implication of terms-in-fact'. George Washington Law Review, 85 (6):1660-1691 [Details]
	(2018)	'Delict in Scotland in 2016' Hogg, Martin (2018) 'Delict in Scotland in 2016'. European Tort Law Yearbook, 7 (1):510-537 [Details]
	(2016)	'Liability for unknown risks' Hogg, Martin (2016) 'Liability for unknown risks'. Journal of European Tort Law, 7 (2):1-32 [Details]

Books

	Year	Publication
	(2012)	Contract Law Update, 2010-2012. Black, Gillian; Cabrelli, David ;Hogg, Martin; Macgregor, Laura (2012) Contract Law Update, 2010-2012. Edinburgh: Trinity Law. [Details]
	(2011)	Promises and Contract Law: Comparative Perspectives. Hogg, Martin (2011) Promises and Contract Law: Comparative Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	(2006)	Obligations (2nd edn). Hogg, Martin (2006) Obligations (2nd edn). Edinburgh: Avizandum. [Details]
	(2003)	Obligations. Hogg, Martin (2003) Obligations. Edinburgh: Avizandum. [Details]
	(2017)	Obligations Law and Language. Hogg, Martin (2017) Obligations Law and Language. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	(2015)	Comparative Contract Law. Hogg, Martin; DiMatteo, Larry (2015) Comparative Contract Law. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]

Book Chapters

	Year	Publication
	(2021)	'Field of application of contractual and tortious liability' Hogg, Martin (2021) 'Field of application of contractual and tortious liability' In: Tortious and Contractual Liability: Chinese and European Perspectives. Vienna: Jan Sramek Verlag. [Details]
	(2019)	'Agreement' Hogg, Martin (2019) 'Agreement' In: Reimagining Contract Law Pedagogy: A New Agenda for Teaching. London: Routledge. [Details]
	(2018)	'Scottish Case Notes' Hogg, Martin (2018) 'Scottish Case Notes' In: Digest of European Tort Law: Volume 3. Berlin: de Gruyter. [Details]
	(2017)	'General principles of the Chinese Contract Law: Scottish perspective' Hogg, Martin (2017) 'General principles of the Chinese Contract Law: Scottish perspective' In: Chinese Contract Law: Civil and Common Law Perspectives. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [Details]
	(2017)	'Private Law in the 21st Century' Hogg, Martin (2017) 'Private Law in the 21st Century' In: Codification of private law: Scots law at the crossroads of common and civil law. :107-129 London: Bloomsbury Academic. [Details]

Conference Publications

	Year	Publication
	(2017)	*The importance of fundamental structural language in the law of obligations* Hogg, Martin (2017) The importance of fundamental structural language in the law of obligations , pp.1-8 [Details]
	(2016)	*Liability for Unknown Risks* Hogg, Martin (2016) Liability for Unknown Risks [Details]
	(2016)	*The implication of terms in fact* Hogg, Martin (2016) The implication of terms in fact [Details]

Edited Books

	Year	Publication
	(2015)	Comparative Contract Law: British and American Perspectives. Hogg, Martin; DiMatteo, Larry (Ed.). (2015) Comparative Contract Law: British and American Perspectives Comparative Contract Law: British and American Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Details]