Andrew Burrows continues to provide an authoritative account of the law of restitution in the third edition of this highly-praised textbook. Fully revised and updated, this edition includes a wealth of new cases and academic thinking in addition to thorough examination of the subject as a whole. As with previous editions, the author's expert analysis and clarity of style will be invaluable to students and practitioners with an interest in this area of law.
Andrew Burrows continues to provide an authoritative account of the law of restitution in the third edition of this highly-praised textbook. Fully revised and updated, this edition includes a wealth of new cases and academic thinking in addition to thorough examination of the subject as a whole. As with previous editions, the author's expert analysis and clarity of style will be invaluable to students and practitioners with an interest in this area of law.
Part One - Fundamental Ideas
1: Introduction to unjust enrichment and restitution
2: Competing theories
3: Benefit
4: At the expense of the claimant
5: Unjust factors or absence of basis?
6: Tracing
7: Subrogation
8: Proprietary restitution
Part Two - Unjust Factors
9: Mistake
10: Duress
11: Undue influence
12: Exploitation of weakness
13: Human incapacity
14: Failure of consideration I
15: Failure of consideration II
16: Ignorance
17: Legal compulsion: compulsory discharge of another's legal
liability
18: Necessity
19: Illegality
Part Three - Defences
21: Change of position, estoppel and the defence of agency
22: Other defences
Part Four - Restitution For Wrongs
23: Introduction to restitution for wrongs
24: Restitution for torts
25: Restitution for breach of contract
26: Restitution for equitable wrongs
27: Defences to restitution for wrongs
Part Five - Conflict Of Laws
28: The conflict of laws
Andrew Burrows FBA, QC (hon) is Professor of the Law of England at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. He is also a Barrister and Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple, and Honorary Director of the Oxford Law Foundation. He was formerly Law Commissioner for England and Wales 1994-1999.
...this new edition of The Law of Restitution is, without doubt, a
wonderful account of this important and fascinating area of
law.
*The Student Law Journal*
If you are interested in the law of restitution and unjust
enrichment, you should add Professor Burrows' The Law of
Restitution to your library. It is a thoroughly thought provoking
and engaging text.
*The Student Law Journal*
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