Table of Contents

Part One - Fundamental Ideas
1: Introduction to unjust enrichment and restitution
2: Competing theories
3: Benefit
4: At the expense of the claimant
5: Unjust factors or absence of basis?
6: Tracing
7: Subrogation
8: Proprietary restitution
Part Two - Unjust Factors
9: Mistake
10: Duress
11: Undue influence
12: Exploitation of weakness
13: Human incapacity
14: Failure of consideration I
15: Failure of consideration II
16: Ignorance
17: Legal compulsion: compulsory discharge of another's legal liability
18: Necessity
19: Illegality
Part Three - Defences
21: Change of position, estoppel and the defence of agency
22: Other defences
Part Four - Restitution For Wrongs
23: Introduction to restitution for wrongs
24: Restitution for torts
25: Restitution for breach of contract
26: Restitution for equitable wrongs
27: Defences to restitution for wrongs
Part Five - Conflict Of Laws
28: The conflict of laws

About the Author

Andrew Burrows FBA, QC (hon) is Professor of the Law of England at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of All Souls College. He is also a Barrister and Honorary Bencher of Middle Temple, and Honorary Director of the Oxford Law Foundation. He was formerly Law Commissioner for England and Wales 1994-1999.

Reviews

...this new edition of The Law of Restitution is, without doubt, a wonderful account of this important and fascinating area of law.
*The Student Law Journal*

If you are interested in the law of restitution and unjust enrichment, you should add Professor Burrows' The Law of Restitution to your library. It is a thoroughly thought provoking and engaging text.
*The Student Law Journal*