Subjects:

Restitution

Contents:

1. Unjust enrichment and competing theories

2. The essential ingredients of a restitutionary claim

3. Mistake

4. Ignorance

5. Failure of consideration

6. Illegitimate pressure

7. Unde influence and exploitation of weakneess

8. Legal compulsion: compulsory discharge of another's legal liability

9. Necessity

10. Illegality as a ground for restitution

11. Incapacity as a ground for restitution

12. Ultra vires demands by public authorities

13. Tracing and Proprietary Restitution

14. Defences

15. Restitution for Wrongs

Written by leading experts who have shaped and defined the law of restitution, the book provides an authoritative and scholarly guide to the subject. The second edition of this seminal title continues the formula of the first edition by combining a comprehensive coverage of cases with extracts from leading academic authorities.

Stimulating introductions, notes, and questions guide students through the key issues in the cases and materials. The book follows a tightly structured framework which provides the reader with a map of the many cases concerning restitution and unjust enrichment.

• Coverage of the many important cases and commentary (including Birks' 'absence of basis' approach) which have arisen in the last 9 years
• Structure which reflects the judicial development of the law of restitution