Cases and Materials on the Law of Restitution

Andrew Burrows QC is Professor of the Law of England University of Oxford, Fellow of All Souls College; Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple; Recorder on the South-Eastern Circuit; and barrister at Fountain Court Chambers, London.Ewan McKendrick is Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford, Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, and a member of Chambers at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn.James Edelman is a CUF lecturer at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Keble College; Barrister, Western Australia; and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia.

Review from previous edition "The editors' commentary throughout the book is diverse and interesting."

• 1. Unjust enrichment and competing theories ; 2. The essential ingredients of a claim for restitution of an unjust enrichment ; 3. Mistake ; 4. Ignorance ; 5. Failure of consideration ; 6. Illegitimate pressure ; 7. Undue influence and exploitation of weakneess ; 8. Legal compulsion: compulsory discharge of another's legal liability ; 9. Necessity ; 10. Illegality as a ground for restitution ; 11. Incapacity as a ground for restitution ; 12. Ultra vires demands by public authorities ; 13. Tracing and Proprietary Restitution ; 14. Defences ; 15. Restitution for Wrongs