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
6: Principles Underlying The Recognition Of The Grounds Of
Restitution
7: Lawful Bases
8: Ignorance
9: Mistake
10: Compulsion
11: Exploitation
12: Necessity
13: Failure Of Basis
14: Incapacity
15: Restitution From Public Authorities
Part III Restitution For Wrongs
16: General Principles
17: Restitution For Torts
18: Restitution For Breach Of Contract
19: Restitution For Equitable Wrongdoing
20: Criminal Offences
Part IV Proprietary Restitutionary Claims
21: Establishing Proprietary Restitutionary Claims
22: Restitutionary Claims And Remedies To Vindicate Property
Rights
23: The Defence Of Bona Fide Purchase
Part V General Defences To Restitutionary Claims
24: Fundamental Principles
25: Defences Arising From Changes In The Defendants
Circumstances
26: Passing On And Mitigation Of Loss
27: Illegality
28: Incapacity
29: Limitation Periods And Laches
Graham Virgo is Professor in English Private Law and Pro-Vice
Chancellor for Education at the University of Cambridge, and Fellow
of Downing College, Cambridge. He is also a Bencher of Lincoln's
Inn. After graduating from Downing College in 1987, and studying
for the BCL at Oxford, he lectured in criminal law, taxation,
Equity and restitution. His main research interests are the law of
restitution, criminal law, and Equity. He is a recipient of The
Pilkington
Teaching Prize of Cambridge University in Law (2002), recognized
for Outstanding Teaching in Law and was nominated in 2013 for the
OUP Law Teacher of the Year award. He is author of The Principles
of Equity
and Trusts (2012) and co-author of Equity & Trusts: Text, Cases,
and Materials (with Paul S Davies, 2013).
`Review from previous edition ...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
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