Marcus Moore, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Law of Obligations (especially Contracts)Regulatory Theory and Design / Governance / New Governance Law & Society / Socio-Legal Studies / Law in Social Context Sports Law, Governance & Regulation (especially Injury Prevention)Law Reform Public Law, Administration and Governance Tech Regulation (especially Neuroscience)Jurisprudence & Critical Perspectives (especially Critical Disability Theory)

Latest funding

Reenvisioning Mass Market Governance: Retheorizing Standard Contracts to Make Room for Regulation that Works
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$67,130
Canadian Law of Obligations Conference: "The Power and Limits of Private Law"
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$7,000

All 2 grants and awards

No publications available.

Reenvisioning Mass Market Governance: Retheorizing Standard Contracts to Make Room for Regulation that Works

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Moore, Marcus

Keywords: law; standard form contracts; regulatory governance; regulatory design; socio-legal analysis

$67,130

Canadian Law of Obligations Conference: "The Power and Limits of Private Law"

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Beswick, Samuel P.

Keywords: conference; presentations; Canadian private law; edited collection

$7,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Law of Obligations (especially Contracts) Dear Professor Moore, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on law of obligations (especially contracts) connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Reenvisioning Mass Market Governance: Retheorizing Standard Contracts to Make Room for Regulation that Works" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]