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The law of restitution / Andrew Burrows.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Croydon : Butterworths LexisNexis, [2002]Copyright date: ©2002Edition: Second editionDescription: liv, 639 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0406932441
  • 9780406932440
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.4202 21
LOC classification:
  • KD1924 .B87 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Fundamental ideas -- 2. Tracing and subrogation -- 3. Mistake -- 4. Ignorance -- 5. Duress -- 6. Undue influence -- 7. Exploitation of weakness -- 8. Legal compulsion: compulsory discharge of another's legal liability -- 9. Necessity -- 10. Failure of consideration -- 11. Incapacity as a ground for restitution -- 12. Illegality as a ground for restitution -- 13. Ultra vires demands by public authorities -- 14. Restitution for wrongs -- 15. Defences -- 16. Miscellaneous issues: agency and the conflict of laws.
Summary: "This book continues to provide the reader with comprehensive coverage of the subject including detailed examination of intensely practical subjects such as subrogation, the limitation of action and conflict of laws. It also offers a detailed analysis of tracing and the debates concerning the"knowing receipt" of property transferred in breach of trust, both of which have so perplexed practitioners (and courts) for the last two decades."--Publisher description.
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Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 346.4202 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A418377B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 346.4202 BUR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A477806B

Previous ed.: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Fundamental ideas -- 2. Tracing and subrogation -- 3. Mistake -- 4. Ignorance -- 5. Duress -- 6. Undue influence -- 7. Exploitation of weakness -- 8. Legal compulsion: compulsory discharge of another's legal liability -- 9. Necessity -- 10. Failure of consideration -- 11. Incapacity as a ground for restitution -- 12. Illegality as a ground for restitution -- 13. Ultra vires demands by public authorities -- 14. Restitution for wrongs -- 15. Defences -- 16. Miscellaneous issues: agency and the conflict of laws.

"This book continues to provide the reader with comprehensive coverage of the subject including detailed examination of intensely practical subjects such as subrogation, the limitation of action and conflict of laws. It also offers a detailed analysis of tracing and the debates concerning the"knowing receipt" of property transferred in breach of trust, both of which have so perplexed practitioners (and courts) for the last two decades."--Publisher description.

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