Research handbook on unjust enrichment and restitution /
"This comprehensive yet accessible Research Handbook offers an expert guide to the key concepts, principles and debates in the modern law of unjust enrichment and restitution."
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Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,
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Publisher Address: | Cheltenham, UK : |
Publication Dates: | [2020] |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Research handbooks in private and commercial law
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Summary: |
"This comprehensive yet accessible Research Handbook offers an expert guide to the key concepts, principles and debates in the modern law of unjust enrichment and restitution." |
Carrier Form: | x, 523 pages ; 25 cm. |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: |
9781788114257 (hardback) : 1788114256 (hardback) 9781788114264 (eBook) 1788114264 (eBook) |
Index Number: | K920 |
CLC: | D913.04-62 |
Call Number: | D913.04-62/R432 |
Contents: |
History and comparative insights -- The evolution of unjust enrichment law : theory and practice / Development at common law / Unjust enrichment : a comparative perspective and a critique / Taxonomy -- Restitution and unjust enrichment / Restitution for wrongs / Unjust enrichment and contract / Unjust enrichment and equity / Comparative taxonomy : an introduction / Philosophical foundations -- The corrective justice of liability for unjust enrichment / Unjust enrichment and the forms of justice / A law and economics perspective on restitution / Autonomy, relational justice and the law of restitution / Analytical structure -- Enrichment / At the claimant's expense / Unjust factors versus absence of juristic reason (causa) / Impaired intention unjust factors? / Conditional intention as an unjust factor / No intention to benefit / Other reasons for restitution / Defences -- A taxonomy of defences in restitution / Change of position-based defences / Disenrichment in German law / Restitutionary remedies -- Restitution, compensation and disgorgement / Proprietary restitution / |