Laws of Restitution

In The Laws of Restitution, Robert Stevens seeks to show that there is no unified law of restitution or unjust enrichment. He also explains how the law of restitution relates to, and is bound up with, areas of contract, torts, equity, and property law.

Sommario

• Foreword


• Preface


• Part I Introduction


• 1: Summary


• 2: Foundations


• Part II Unjustified Performance


• 3: Performance


• 4: Reversal


• 5: Theory


• 6: Practice


• Part III Conditional Performance


• 7: Conditions


• 8: Contract


• Part IV Intervention in Another's Affairs


• 9: Discharge


• 10: Necessity


• Part V Property and Trusts


• 11: Things


• 12: Equity: General


• 13: Equity: Restitution


• 14: Improvements


• Part VI Wrongdoing


• 15: Wrongs


• 16: Profits


• 17: Damages


• Part VII Countervailing Reasons


• 18: Defences


• 19: Illegality


• Part VIII Apologia


• 20: Conclusion

Info autore

Robert Stevens is the Herbert Smith Freehills Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford. Previously he was a Professor of commercial law at UCL, a lecturer in law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Lady Margaret Hall. He is also a commercial barrister and has published widely on many aspects of private law, always seeking to show how the theory of academic law has practical relevance to the law as found in the courts. He is the author of Torts and Rights (OUP, 2007).

Riassunto

In The Laws of Restitution, Robert Stevens seeks to show that there is no unified law of restitution or unjust enrichment. He also explains how the law of restitution relates to, and is bound up with, areas of contract, torts, equity, and property law.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Prof Robert (Professor of Private Law Stevens, Robert Stevens
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.02.2025
• EAN: 9780198945406
• ISBN: 978-0-19-894540-6
• Pagine: 496
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Diritto > Diritto internazionale, diritto degli stranieri; Restitution, LAW / Commercial / General, LAW / Torts, LAW / Property, LAW / Remedies & Damages, LAW / Contracts, Commercial law, contract law, Property law: general, property law, Law of torts, damages and compensation, Torts / Delicts