The Principles of the Law of Restitution - Softcover

Virgo, Graham

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199298505 ISBN 13: 9780199298501

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This book seeks to analyze the law of restitution, namely that body of law which is concerned with the award of remedies which are assessed by reference to a gain made by a defendant rather than a loss suffered by the claimant. It focuses on those claims which are founded on unjust enrichment, but also considers the award of restitutionary remedies following the commission of a wrong and claims involving the recovery of the claimant's property. The law is analyzed by focusing on the principles which underpin the subject.

About this title

About the Author

Graham Virgo read Law at Downing College, Cambridge. he then went to Christ Church, Oxford to read for the BCL and then qualified as a barrister. He returned to Downing College. Cambridge where he has been a Fellow since 1989. He in now a Reader in English Law at the Faculty of Law and
Fellow, Director of Studies in Law and Senior Tutor at Downing College. He teaches Restitution, Crime, Conflict of Laws and Equity. He researches in all these areas. He is a door tenant at 24 Old Buildings. He in the editor of the restitution chapter in Chitty on Contracts (29th ed 2004) and
Buckley on the Companies Act.

Review

`...a fine addition to the corpus of restitution literature, a book well worth owning and recommending to those studying restitution for the first time.'
Duncan Sheehan, Restitution Law Review

`...in terms of user-friendliness it cannot be faulted...no detail is left unaccounted for...'
James Couser, Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0199298505
• ISBN 13: 9780199298501
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 848