Subjects:

Restitution, Personal Injury Law

Contents:

Definition

differentiation

techniques and measures

organization

enrichment at the plaintiff's expense

non-voluntary transfer - vitiation

- qualification

free acceptance

miscellaneous cases - policy-motivated restitution

restitution for wrongs

the second measure of restitution

defences.

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