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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Bibliographic Details
Group Author: Bant, Elise (Editor); Barker, Kit (Editor); Degeling, Simone (Editor)
Published: Edward Elgar Publishing Limited,
Publisher Address: Cheltenham, UK :
Publication Dates: [2020]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: 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 /