Unjustified enrichment : key issues in comparative perspective /

Unjustified enrichment has been one of the most intellectually vital areas of private law. There is, however, still no unanimity among civil-law and common-law legal systems about how to structure this important branch of the law of obligations. Several key issues are considered comparatively in thi...

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Other Authors: Johnston, David, 1961- (Editor), Zimmermann, Reinhard, 1952 October 10- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Enrichment "without legal ground" or unjust factor approach
  • Failure of consideration
  • Duress and fraud
  • Change of position
  • Illegality
  • Encroachment and restitution for wrongs
  • Improvements
  • Discharge of another person's debt
  • Third-party enrichment
  • Proprietary issues
  • Taxonomy.