Research Handbook on Unjust Enrichment and Restitution

Edited by Elise Bant, Professor of Private Law and Commercial Regulation, UWA Law School, The University of Western Australia and Professorial Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Kit Barker, Professor of Law, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland and Simone Degeling, Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales, Australia

• Table of Contents1.The Evolution of Unjust Enrichment Law. Theory and Practice.Elise Bant, Kit Barker and Simone DegelingPart I History and Comparative Insights2.Development at Common LawDavid Ibbetson3.Unjust Enrichment: A Comparative Perspective and a CritiqueJames GordleyPart II: Taxonomy4.Restitution and Unjust EnrichmentAndrew Kull5.Restitution for WrongsCraig Rotherham6.Unjust Enrichment and ContractHang Wu Tang7.Unjust Enrichment and EquityLusina Ho8.Comparative/Civilian perspectivesHelen ScottPart III: Philosophical Foundations9.The Corrective Justice of Liability for Unjust EnrichmentErnest J Weinrib10.Unjust Enrichment and the Forms of JusticeDennis Klimchuk11.A Law and Economics Perspective on RestitutionChris Wonnell12.Autonomy, Relational Justice and the Law of RestitutionHanoch DaganPart IV: Analytical Structure13.EnrichmentMitchell McInnes14.At the Claimant’s ExpenseStephen Watterson15.Unjust Factors versus Absence of Juristic Reason (Causa)Birke Häcker16.Impaired Intention Unjust Factors?Mindy Chen-Wishart and Rory Gregson17.Conditional Intention as an Unjust FactorAndrew Burrows18.No Intention to BenefitMichael Bryan19.Other Reasons for RestitutionCharles MitchellPart V: Defences20.A Taxonomy of Defences in RestitutionGraham Virgo21.Change of Position-Based DefencesRoss GranthamT.H. Wu22.Disenrichment in German LawThomas KrebsPart VI: Restitutionary Remedies23.Restitution, Compensation and DisgorgementKaty Barnett24.Proprietary RestitutionTimothy Liau and Rachel LeowIndex

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