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Mapping the law : essays in memory of Peter Birks
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law teachers--History--20th century--England.
- Law teachers.
- Restitution--Influence--England.
- Restitution.
- Civil law--England.
- Civil law.
- Roman law.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (lviii, 675 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 'Mapping the Law' covers topics such as aspects of unjust enrichment, tracing, damages & compensation, undue influence property law, insolvency, equity & trusts, Roman law, & legal history. This collection of essays on private law & legal history celebrates the life & work of Peter Birks.
- Contents:
- The evolution of the species / Francis Rose
- Absence of basis, the new Birksian scheme / Andrew Burrows
- Three enrichment issues / Robert Stevens
- Some thoughts on change of position / Gareth Jones
- The role of fault in the law of restitution / Graham Virgo
- Subrogation : persistent misunderstandings / Charles Mitchell
- Tracing / Lionel Smith
- Gain-based damages and compensation / James Edelman
- Unlawful statutes and mistake of law : is there a smile on the face of Schrödinger's cat? / Jack Beatson
- The further travails of duress / Ewan McKendrick
- Undue influence : beyond impaired consent and wrongdoing towards a relational analysis / Mindy Chen-Wishart
- Unjust enrichment, discharge for breach, and the primacy of contract / Gerard McMeel
- Resulting trusts / Robert Chambers
- Jones v. Jones : property or unjust enrichment? / Peter Millett
- Unjust delivery / William Swadling
- The avoidance of transactions in insolvency proceedings and restitutionary defences / Roy Goode
- Restitution after termination for breach of contract : German law after the reform of 2002 / Reinhard Zimmermann
- No basis : a comparative view / Sonja Meier
- Unjust enrichment as absence of basis : can English law cope? / Gerhard Dannemann
- The fallacy of "restitution for wrongs" / Thomas Krebs
- Peter Birks and Scots enrichment law / Hector MacQueen
- What did Damnum Iniuria actually mean? / Alan Rodger
- The Romanization of Spain : the contribution of city laws in the light of the Lex Irnitana / Joseph Georg Wolf
- Absent parties and bloody-minded judges / Ernest Metzger
- "You can never tell with bees" : good advice from Pooh for students of the Lex Aquilia / Arianna Pretto-Sakmann
- Late arrivals : the appendix in Justinian's Digest reconsidered / Tony Honoré
- Logic and experience in Roman law / David Johnston
- Unjust enrichment : the tenant's tale / Eltjo Schrage
- Bezoar-stones, gall-stones, and gem- stones : a chapter in the history of the tort of deceit / John Baker
- Denials ancient and modern, with some Roman footnotes / Jeffrey Hackney
- Rumford market and the genesis of fiduciary obligations / Joshua Getzler
- Slavery and the Roman law of evidence in eighteenth-century Scotland / John W. Cairns
- Sir William Jones and the nature of law / David Ibbetson
- The publications of Peter Birks, 1969-2005 / compiled by Eric Descheemaeker.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-170539-X
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