TY - BOOK AU - Birks,Peter TI - Unjust enrichment T2 - Clarendon law series SN - 0199276978 AV - KD1924 .B573 2004 U1 - 346.42029 22 PY - 2005/// CY - Oxford, New York PB - Oxford University Press KW - Unjust enrichment KW - England N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 N2 - "This new edition is a fully updated, clear and concise account of the law of unjust enrichment, and attempts to move away from the usage of obscure terminology inherited from the past. It organises modern law around five simple questions: Was the defendant enriched? If so, was it at theclaimant'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 defenses."--Publisher description ER -