The Restatement Third: Restitution and Unjust Enrichment: Critical and Comparative Essays (Hart Studies in Private Law) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1849464081 ISBN 13: 9781849464086

Publisher: Hart Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

The publication of the Restatement Third: Unjust Enrichment and Restitution by the American Law Institute in July 2010 was an event of major importance, not only for the development of the law of unjust enrichment in the US, but also for global scholarship relating to this area of private law. The Restatement First appeared in 1937, and the Restatement Second was abandoned; hence the Restatement Third is the most significant survey of the American law on this topic for over 70 years. Private law has been a comparatively neglected area of study in US law schools for several decades, and this is particularly true of the law of unjust enrichment. However, the appearance of the Restatement Third has prompted a renewal of interest in the subject among US scholars, and it is hoped that the present volume of essays will contribute to this revival, while reflecting on the lessons to be learned from the Restatement by other legal systems. Featuring the work of leading scholars from the UK, Germany, South Africa, Canada, Hong Kong and Australia, the essays undertake critical and comparative analysis of the Restatement, and offer fresh insights into the rules that it articulates.

About this title

From the Author:

Charles Mitchell is a Professor of Law at University College London.William Swadling is a Reader in the Law of Property at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Brasenose College.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1849464081
• ISBN 13: 9781849464086
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 338
• Editor: Mitchell Professor Charles, Swadling William