Restitution in private international law / George Panagopoulos.

Oxford : Hart, 2000.

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Conflict of laws -- Restitution.

Conflict of laws -- Unjust enrichment.

International law.

Part I. A Map through the law of restitution: 1. A Map through the law of restitution: 1. The Existence of a separate law of restitution

2. The Elements of a restitutionary claim

3. Personal and proprietary remedies - proprietary restitution

4. Restitution for wrongs

5. Tracing

6. Defences

Part II. Characterisation of restitutionary claims: 2. Characterisation in general: 1. The Need for characterisation

2. The Process of characterisation

3. Characterisation of restitutionary claims: 1. One issue or several?

2. The Arguments in favour of a single characterisation issue

3. Specific restitutionary characterisations: 1. Restitution and contract

2. Characterisation of equitable rights and obligations

3. Proprietary restitution

4. Characterisation of restitution for wrongs

5. A Separate issue of tracing?

6. Negotiorum gestio

5. Theoretical issues: 1. Renvoi

2. The Incidental question

Part III. Choice of law rules for restitutionary issues: 6. The Existing authorities: 1. Introduction

2. Dicey and Morris

3. U.S. restatement

4. Other academic opionion

5. The English case law

6. Other common law cases

7. The Various proposed choice of law rules: 1. The Place of enrichment rule

2. Lex Fori

3. Multiple choice of law rules

4. Proper law of the obligation

5. Proposed convention on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations

8. Preferred choice of law rule: 1. The Essential element of the unjust factor

2. Determining the proper law of the unjust factor

Part IV. Jurisdiction in restitutionary claims: 9. Jurisdiction under the Brussells Convention: 1. Background to the Convention

2. Interpreting the Convention

3. The Scope of the Convention

4. Application of the Convention

10. Jurisdiction under the common law rules: 1. Service out of the jurisdiction

2. Heads of jurisdiction.

Includes index.

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