The principles of the law of restitution / Graham Virgo
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TextPublisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2006]Edition: 2nd editionDescription: lxi, 785 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0199298505
- 9780199287536 (hb)
- 9780199298501
- Restitution
- 347.41077 22 V.G.P
- KD1924 .V57 2006
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [759]-771) and index.
The essence of restitution -- Themes and controversies -- The principle of unjust enrichment -- Enrichment -- At the expense of the claimant -- Principles underlying the recognition of the grounds of restitution -- Ignorance -- Mistake -- Compulsion -- Exploitation -- Necessity -- Failure of consideration -- Incapacity -- Restitution from public authorities -- General principles 5 -- Restitution for torts -- Restitution for breach of contract -- Restitution for equitable wrongdoing -- Criminal offences -- Establishing proprietary restitutionary claims -- Restitutionary claims and remedies to vindicate property rights -- The defence of bona fide purchase -- Fundamental principles and general bars -- Defences arising from changes in the defendant's circumstances -- Passing on and mitigation of loss -- Illegality -- Incapacity -- Limitation periods and laches.
This title seeks to analyse the law of restitution, that body of law concerned with the award of remedies assessed by reference to a gain made by a defendant rather than a loss suffered by the claimant. It focuses on those claims founded on unjust enrichment, and the award of restitutionary remedies.
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