Unjust Enrichment

Informationen zum Autor Regius Professor of Civil Law and Fellow of All Souls College 1989 -; Director of Graduate Studies, Research 1996-2000. Fellow University College London; Hon. Fellow Trinity College Oxford; Hon Sec SPTL 1989-1996; Sec. Standing Conference on Legal Education 1991-1994. Royal Academy of the Netherlands, 2001SPTL: Vice-President 2001-02, President 2002-03 Zusammenfassung Presents an account of the law of unjust enrichment. This book organises modern law around five simple questions: Was the defendant enriched? If so, was it at the claimant's expense? If so, was it unjust? The fourth question is then what kind of right the claimant has, and the fifth is whether the defendant has any defences? Inhaltsverzeichnis PART ONE: INTRODUCTION 1: A Core Case 2: Three Maps PART TWO: ENRICHMENT AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CLAIMANT 3: Enrichment 4: At the Expense of the Claimant PART THREE: UNJUST 5: Changing Direction 6: Absence of Basis PART FOUR: THE RIGHT TO RESTITUTION 7: Rights in personam 8: Rights in rem PART FIVE: DEFENCES 9: Disenrichment and Disimpoverishment 10: Unjust-Related Defences PART SIX: COMPETING TERMINOLOGY 11: Competing Generics 12: Persistent Fragments

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• Autori: P. B. H. Birks, Peter Birks, Peter (Former Regius Professor of Civil Law Birks
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 13.01.2005
• EAN: 9780199276981
• ISBN: 978-0-19-927698-1
• Pagine: 360
• Serie: Clarendon Law Series; Clarendon Law Series
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri