The principles of the law of restitution / Graham Virgo.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

2nd edition

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Restitution -- Great Britain.

Unjust enrichment -- Great Britain.

Part I: The fundamental principles of the law of restitution: 1. The essence of restitution

2. Themes and controversies

Part II: Unjust enrichment: 3. The principle of unjust enrichment

4. Enrichment

5. At the expense of the claimant

Part III: The grounds of restitution for the purpose of establishing unjust enrichment: 6. Pinciples underlying the recognition of the grounds of restitution

7. Ignorance

8. Mistake

9. Compulsion

10. Exploitation

11. Necessity

12. Failure of consideration

13. Incapacity

14. Restitution from public authorities

Part IV: Restitution for wrongs: 15. General principles

16. Restitution for torts

17. Restitutio for breach of contract

18. Restitution for equitable wrongdoing

19. Criminal offences

Part V: Proprietary restitutionary claims: 20. Establishing proprietary restitutionary claims

21. Restitutionary claims and remedies to vindicate property rights

22. The defence of Bona Fide purchase

Part VI: The general defences and bars to restitutionary claims: 23. Fundamental principles and general bars

24. Defences arising from changes in the defendant's circumstances

25. Passing on and the mitigation of loss

26. Illegality

27. Incapacity

28. Limitation periods and laches.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Oxford scholarship online. Law collection.

9780199298501

lxi, 785 p.