The Law Of Restitution

Download or read book Restitution written by Ward Farnsworth and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restitution is the body of law concerned with taking away gains that someone has wrongfully obtained. The operator of a Ponzi scheme takes money from his victims by fraud and then invests it in stocks that rise in value. Or a company pays a shareholder excessive dividends or pays them to the wrong person. Or a man poisons his grandfather and then collects under the grandfather’s will. In each of these cases, one party is unjustly enriched at the expense of another. And in all of them the law of restitution provides a way to undo the enrichment and transfer the defendant’s gains to a party with better rights to them. Tort law focuses on the harm, or costs, that one party wrongfully imposes on another. Restitution is the mirror image; it corrects gains that one party wrongfully receives at another’s expense. It is an important topic for every lawyer and for anyone else interested in how the legal system responds to injustice. In Restitution, Ward Farnsworth presents a guide to this body of law that is compact, lively, and insightful—the first treatment of its kind that the American law of restitution has received. The book explains restitution doctrines, remedies, and defenses with unprecedented clarity and illustrates them with vivid examples. Farnsworth demonstrates that the law of restitution is guided by a manageable and coherent set of principles that have remarkable versatility and power. Restitution makes a complex and important area of law accessible, understandable, and interesting to any reader.

Download or read book The Principles of the Law of Restitution written by Graham Virgo and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 815 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This title seeks to analyse the law of restitution, that body of law concerned with the award of remedies assessed by reference to a gain made by a defendant rather than a loss suffered by the claimant. It focuses on those claims founded on unjust enrichment, and the award of restitutionary remedies.

Download or read book The Law and Ethics of Restitution written by Ḥanokh Dagan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-12 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2004 book provides acomprehensive account of the American law of restitution.

Download or read book An Introduction to the Law of Restitution written by Peter Birks and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition of a landmark study of the law of restitution has been substantially revised and updated. Concentrating on structural principles rather than detailed rules, the book is an invaluable guide to this difficult area of law.

Download or read book The Law of Restitution written by Andrew S. Burrows and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Restitution is increasingly covered at undergraduate level in courses on contract, tort, common law and obligations. This book provides comprehensive coverage of the subject, including detailed examination of such areas as subrogation, limitation of actions and conflict of laws.

Download or read book The Law of Restitution written by Peter D. Maddaugh and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Restitution in Private International Law written by George Panagopoulos and published by Hart Publishing. This book was released on 2000-11-10 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Panagopoulos, a barrister practicing in London, begins with a summary of the English domestic law of restitution and reviews the classification of restitutionary claims. He then examines the differences among a variety of common law approaches to restitutionary issues, focusing on the US and UK. A final section analyzes jurisdiction in private international law, both under the Brussels Convention and the traditional common law rules of England. The legalistic language used in the book emphasizes that it was designed primarily for law professionals. Distributed by ISBS. c. Book News Inc.