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Informationen zum Autor James Gordley is the Shannon Cecil Turner Professor of Jurisprudence, School of Law, University of California at Berkeley Klappentext Foundations of Private Law is a treatise on the Western law of property! contract! tort and unjust enrichment in both common law and civil law systems. It describes the doctrines that govern these fields of law and identifies principles that can explain both the similarities and differences between them. Zusammenfassung Foundations of Private Law is a treatise on the Western law of property, contract, tort and unjust enrichment in both common law and civil law systems. It describes the doctrines that govern these fields of law and identifies principles that can explain both the similarities and differences between them. Inhaltsverzeichnis I The Enterprise 1: Basic Principles 2: Differences among Legal Systems II Property 3: Possession and Ownership 4: The Extent of the Right to Use Property: Nuisance, Troubles de voisinage, and Immissionenrecht 5: Private Modification of the Right to use Property: Servitudes 6: Rights Annexed to the Use of Property: The Case of Water Rights 7: Loss of Resources without the Owner's Consent: Necessity and Adverse Possession 8: Acquisition of Resources without a Prior Owner's Consent: Minerals, Capture, Found Property III Torts 9: The Structure of the Modern Civil and Common Law of Torts 10: The Defendant's Conduct: Intent, Negligence, Strict Liability 11: Liability in Tort for Harm to Reputation, Dignity, Privacy, and 'Personality' 12: Liability in Tort for Pure Economic Loss IV Contracts 13: Promises 14: Mistake 15: Impossibility and Unexpected Circumstances 16: Promises to Make a Gift 17: Promises to Exchange 18: Liability for Breach of Contract V Unjust Enrichment 19: The Principle against Unjustified Enrichment 20: Restitution without Enrichment? 20: Remedies in Restitution ...
