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Author’s Note: a longer alternative version of this article with footnotes and instructions for use as an education module is available here. An important question follows. Does the common law’s ...

Mark Pawlowski considers when common law damages may be available for purely equitable wrongs and whether equity may offer a useful remedy in the absence of legal remedies Most of us will be familiar ...