Reason and Restitution - A Theory of Unjust Enrichment

While unjust enrichment is often identified as the third major branch of private law alongside contract and tort, there remains uncertainty what this body of law covers and what it's about. This book provides an account of the reasons supporting these claims and how these reasons bear on the law's application and development.

List of contents

1 Description and Evaluation; 2 Concepts of Unjust Enrichment; 3 Reasons; 4 Property; 5 Consent; 6 Basis; 7 Claims; 8 Defenses; 9 Concluding Remarks

About the author

Charlie Webb is an Associate Professor in the Law Department of the London School of Economics and Political Science. He is a graduate of Oxford, UCL, and LSE and previously taught at University College, Oxford. He writes on various aspects of private law theory.

Summary

While unjust enrichment is often identified as the third major branch of private law alongside contract and tort, there remains uncertainty what this body of law covers and what it's about. This book provides an account of the reasons supporting these claims and how these reasons bear on the law's application and development.

Product details

• Authors: Charlie Webb, Charlie (Associate Professor Webb, Webb Charlie
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.02.2016
• EAN: 9780199653201
• ISBN: 978-0-19-965320-1
• No. of pages: 272
• Series: Oxford Legal Philosophy
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Restitution, LAW / Civil Law, LAW / Property, LAW / Remedies & Damages, Private or civil law: general, Property law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law, property law, Private / Civil law: general works