Rethinking unjust enrichment : history, sociology, doctrine, and theory / edited by Warren Swain and Sagi Peari.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Swain, Warren, 1973- editor.

Peari, Sagi, editor.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Unjust enrichment--Philosophy.

Unjust enrichment.

Unjust enrichment--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2023.

Summary:

This inter-disciplinary volume brings together scholars from across the globe to interrogate the dominant position of unjust enrichment and suggest more satisfactory alternatives.

Contents:

Cover

Rethinking Unjust Enrichment

Copyright

Contents

Table of Cases

Table of Legislation

List of Contributors

Introduction

I. HISTORY

1. Contract and Unjust Enrichment: Lessons from History?

2. A Tale of Transplantation: The Historical Evolution of the Law of Unjust Enrichment in China

3. Law of Unjust Enrichment in India: Historical Evolution and Contemporary Challenges

II. SOCIOLOGY

4. Academics and Legal Change: Birks, Savigny, and the Law of Unjust Enrichment

5. Restitution in the United States

6. What was the Problem with 'Palm Tree Justice'? Language, Justice, Equity, and Enrichment

III. THEORY

7. Faute de Mieux

8. Restitution, Corrective Justice, and Mistakes

9. Agreement and Restitutionary Liability for Mistaken Payments

10. Law of Unjust Enrichment or Law of Unjust De-​Enrichment?

11. The Way Forward

12. Doctrinal Design in Unjust Enrichment: On the Relation of Claims for Restitution and General Private Law

IV. DOCTRINE

13. Monism versus Pluralism in Unjust Enrichment

14. Unjust Enrichment: Looking for a Role

15. Embracing Private Law's Miscellany? Unjustified Enrichment and the Civilian Category of Quasi-​Contracts

16. Challenges for Canadian Unjust Enrichment

Conclusion

Index.

Notes:

This edition also issued in print: 2023.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 8, 2023).

Other Format:

Print version: Peari, Sagi Rethinking Unjust Enrichment

ISBN:

0-19-197635-0

0-19-287415-2

0-19-287416-0

OCLC:

1410593048