Unjustified enrichment : key issues in comparative perspective / edited by David Johnston and Reinhard Zimmermann.
"In recent years unjustified enrichment has been one of the most intellectually vital areas of private law. There is, however, still no unanimity among civil-law and common-law legal systems about how to structure this important branch of the law of obligations. Several key issues are considere...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core |
| Summary: | "In recent years unjustified enrichment has been one of the most intellectually vital areas of private law. There is, however, still no unanimity among civil-law and common-law legal systems about how to structure this important branch of the law of obligations. Several key issues are considered comparatively here, including grounds for recovery of enrichment, defences, third-party enrichment, as well as proprietary and taxonomic questions. Two contributors deal with each topic, one a representative of a common-law system, the other a representative of a civil-law or mixed system. This approach illuminates not just similarities or differences between systems, but also what different systems can learn from one another. In an area of law whose territory is still partially uncharted and whose borders are contested, such comparative perspectives will be valuable for both academic analysis of the law and its development by the courts."--Publisher description. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xlii, 749 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511041934 9780511041938 0511044585 9780511044588 0511157134 9780511157134 0511176368 9780511176364 051149551X 9780511495519 0521187443 9780521187442 1280421428 9781280421426 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511495519 |