Introduction to the Law of Restitution

Zusatztext `...lively and well-written book...a powerfully argued and sophisticated piece of work which shows beyond doubt that there is an independent class of claims generated by the receipt of a benefit.'Times Higher Education Supplement April 1986 Klappentext This new edition of a landmark study of the law of restitution has been substantially revised and updated. Concentrating on structural principles rather than detailed rules! the book is an invaluable guide to this difficult area of law. Zusammenfassung The author has taken the opportunity presented by the production of this new paperback edition to revise parts of the text and add a substantial postscript which brings the text up to date. This important work was hailed by scholars worldwide as the most significant recent work on restitution, and a landmark in the development of our understanding of this difficult subject. Students and scholars of common and civil law will welcome this paperback which brings the work to a wider readership.`The book amply repays close attention...both for its wealth of detail and for its perspicuous organisational principles'.Ethics `This is an impressive and challenging book that will be read and debated by legal scholars for some years'.Social Sciences

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• Authors: P. B. H. Birks, Peter Birks, Peter (Regius Professor of Civil Law Birks, Peter B. H. Birks, Peter. B. H. Birks, Birks Peter
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.07.1989
• EAN: 9780198256458
• ISBN: 978-0-19-825645-8
• No. of pages: 522
• Series: Clarendon Paperbacks; Clarendon Paperbacks
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, Criminal law & procedure, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LAW / International, LAW / Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, LAW / Jurisprudence, Criminal law: procedure and offences, Civil procedure, litigation & dispute resolution