TY  - BOOK
AU  - Barker,Kit
AU  - Grantham,Ross
TI  - Unjust enrichment
SN  - 0409323071
AV  - KU939.3 .B37 2008
U1  - 346.42029 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Chatswood, Australia
PB  - LexisNexis Butterworths
KW  - Unjust enrichment
KW  - Australia
KW  - Restitution
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Unjust enrichment: an overview -- 2. Models and theories of liability -- 3. Unjust enrichment and property rights -- 4. Locating unjust enrichment in the private law -- 5. The elements of an unjust enrichment claim -- 6. Defects in legal capacity -- 7. Defects in personal capacity -- 8. Mistake (and 'ignorance -- 9. Failure of basis -- 10. Coercion -- 11. Wrongdoing -- 12. Necessitous intervention -- 13. Restitution from public authorities -- 14. Defences founded on injustice to the defendant -- 15. Defences founded on a denial of enrichment -- 16. Defences denying enrichment at the plaintiff's expense -- 17. Defences founded on public policy reasons -- 18. The nature and basis of tracing -- 19. Restitution - general considerations and personal restitution -- 20. Proprietary restitution -- --; 1; Unjust enrichment: an overview --; Introduction --; A brief history of the law of restitution --; The implied contract theory --; Equity and restitution --; The reception of the principle of unjust enrichment --; Elements of the principle of unjust enrichment --; Restitution and the principle of unjust enrichment -- --; 2; Models and theories of liability --; Introduction --; Unjust enrichment --; Possible roles of unjust enrichment --; The early Birksian model of unjust enrichment --; Criticisms of the early model: the challenge of contextual diversity --; Modern views: wide and narrow models of unjust enrichment --; Unjustified enrichment and absence of basis --; Unconscionability -- --; 3; Unjust enrichment and property rights --; Introduction --; Unjust enrichment claims and property rights --; Actions vindicating property rights --; Conversion as a vindication of property rights --; Money had and received as a vindication of property rights --; Debt as a vindication of property rights --; Vindication of equitable property rights -- --; 4; Locating unjust enrichment in the private law --; Introduction --; Foundational aims --; Types of theory --; Summary and reflections --; Mapping (taxonomy --; Unjust enrichment as a 'subsidiary' doctrine -- --; 5; The elements of an unjust enrichment claim --; Introduction --; Benefit --; A broad conception --; Positive and negative --; Services and 'non-wealth' benefits --; Methodology: subjectivity and objectivity --; 'Tests' of benefit --; Benefit-- a legal or factual issue --; Injustice --; At the plaintiff's expense --; The minimum requirement: causation --; Recovery from indirect recipients: the permissibility of leapfrogging --; Claims in respect of assets never owned: interceptive subtraction -- --; 6; Defects in legal capacity --; Introduction --; The effect of incapacity on the passing of title --; The incapacity of minors --; Minors' contracts at common law --; Recovery at common law of benefits conferred by a minor --; Statutory rights of restitution --; The mentally disordered --; Ultra vires transactions --; Private bodies --; Public bodies -- --; 7; Defects in personal capacity --; Introduction --; Constraints on relief --; Undue influence --; Classes of undue influence --; Actual (relational) undue influence --; Presumed undue influence --; Relationships proved to be of influence --; A transaction requiring explanation --; Undue influence and third parties --; Rebutting the presumption --; Unconscionable bargains --; A special disadvantage --; Knowledge of the special disadvantage --; The basis of equitable intervention: impaired judgmental capacity --; or wrongdoing -- --; 8; Mistake (and 'ignorance --; Introduction --; Defective consent --; Mistake -- overview --; The concept of mistake --; Mistakes of fact --; Mistakes of law --; Limitations on recovery --; Voluntary submission to an honest claim --; 'Good consideration' - payments to meet valid obligations --; Honest receipt --; Mistakes and contract --; Non-monetary benefits --; 'Ignorance --; The argument from mistake --; Property analyses --; Two key cases at common law and in equity -- --; 9; Failure of basis --; Introduction --; The concept of 'basis' ('consideration --; 'Failure' of basis (consideration --; Identifying the basis of a benefit's provision --; Confirming that the basis has failed --; The requirement of 'total' failure --; Contracts discharged by frustration --; Contracts terminated for breach --; Claims by the innocent party --; Claims by the party in breach --; Unenforceable and void contracts --; Incomplete and anticipated contracts --; Valid contracts --; Escaping bad bargains -- --; 10; Coercion --; Introduction --; The concept of coercion --; A definition --; Coercion and compulsion --; Threats and warnings --; Duress --; The rationale of recovery in duress cases --; The first requirement: 'illegitimate' threat --; The second requirement: causation --; A possible third requirement: absence of reasonable alternatives --; Actual undue influence (equitable duress --; Legal coercion and compulsion --; Reimbursement --; Contribution -- --; 11; Wrongdoing --; Introduction --; Terminology and taxonomy --; Foundational aims --; The current pattern of recovery --; Torts and intellectual property infringements --; Equitable wrongs --; Breach of contract --; Quantification -- --; 12; Necessitous intervention --; Introduction --; Necessity as a basis for restitution --; Necessity and unjust enrichment -- --; 13; Restitution from public authorities --; Introduction --; The Woolwich principle -- --; 14; Defences founded on injustice to the defendant --; Introduction --; Estoppel --; Estoppel as an 'unjust-focused' defence --; The elements of estoppel --; The extent of the defence --; Bona fide purchase --; Land registration as a defence to restitutionary claims --; The defence of incapacity --; Incapacity as a defence at common law --; Change of position - justice as between the parties -- --; 15; Defences founded on a denial of enrichment --; Introduction --; Change of position --; Elements of the change of position defence --; The relevance of fault and bad faith --; Personal and proprietary claims --; Counter-restitution -- --; 16; Defences denying enrichment at the plaintiff's expense --; Introduction --; Ministerial receipt --; The doctrinal basis of ministerial receipt --; Making out the defence of ministerial receipt --; The defence of passing on -- --; 17; Defences founded on public policy reasons --; Introduction --; Delay and limitation --; The limitation statutes --; Delay in equity - laches, acquiescence and delay --; Illegality -- --; 18; The nature and basis of tracing --; Introduction --; The nature of tracing --; Common law and equitable tracing --; A unitary law of tracing --; The reasons for tracing --; The prerequisites for tracing --; Tracing into discharged debts --; The effect of tracing --; The rules of tracing --; Tracing at common law --; Tracing in equity --; Tracing and unjust enrichment -- --; 19; Restitution - general considerations and personal restitution --; Introduction --; General considerations --; Correspondence between the defendant's gain and the plaintiff's loss --; Valuation of the benefit --; Personal restitutionary remedies --; Historic forms of action --; Account -- --; 20; Proprietary restitution --; Introduction --; Proprietary restitutionary remedies - 'constructive trusts --; Vindication of equitable proprietary rights --; Imperfected intention to create a trust --; The remedial constructive trust --; When is a proprietary remedy an appropriate remedy --; Limiting factors in deciding to award a proprietary remedy --; Discretionary remedialism --; The equitable lien --; Subrogation --; Rescission
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