
Unjust Enrichment
Peter Birks(Author)
Oxford University Press
2nd Edition
Published on 13. January 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
360 pages
978-0-19-927698-1 (ISBN)
Description
This new edition of Unjust Enrichment by the editor of the Clarendon Law Series, is a fully updated, clear and concise account of the law of unjust enrichment. It attempts to move away from the use of obscure terminology inherited from the past.
This text is the first book to insist on the switch from restitution to unjust enrichment, from response to event. It 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.
This second edition was revised and updated by Peter Birks before his death from cancer on 6 July 2004 at the age of 62. It represents the final thinking of the world's leading authority on the subject.
This text is the first book to insist on the switch from restitution to unjust enrichment, from response to event. It 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.
This second edition was revised and updated by Peter Birks before his death from cancer on 6 July 2004 at the age of 62. It represents the final thinking of the world's leading authority on the subject.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Undergraduate and postgraduate law students taking an option in Restitution.
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
448 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-927698-1 (9780199276981)
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Previous edition
Peter. B. H. Birks
Unjust Enrichment
Book
11/2003
Oxford University Press
€31.00
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Person
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, 2001
SPTL: Vice-President 2001-02, President 2002-03
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, 2001
SPTL: Vice-President 2001-02, President 2002-03
Content
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