The Laws of Restitution

Robert Stevens is the Herbert Smith Freehills Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford. Previously he was a Professor of commercial law at UCL, a lecturer in law at the University of Oxford, and a Fellow and Tutor in Law at Lady Margaret Hall. He is also a commercial barrister and has published widely on many aspects of private law, always seeking to show how the theory of academic law has practical relevance to the law as found in the courts. He is the author of Torts and Rights (OUP, 2007).

• Foreword Preface Part I Introduction 1: Summary 2: Foundations Part II Unjustified Performance 3: Performance 4: Reversal 5: Theory 6: Practice Part III Conditional Performance 7: Conditions 8: Contract Part IV Intervention in Another's Affairs 9: Discharge 10: Necessity Part V Property and Trusts 11: Things 12: Equity: General 13: Equity: Restitution 14: Improvements Part VI Wrongdoing 15: Wrongs 16: Profits 17: Damages Part VII Countervailing Reasons 18: Defences 19: Illegality Part VIII Apologia 20: Conclusion

The book will be useful for similar reasons to Australian practitioners and judges, especially because in the areas of law addressed Australian authority is often thin and English authority persuasive.