Walter van Gerven was formerly an Advocate General at the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg and has held chairs in law at the Universities of Louvain/Leuven and Maastricht. Eltjo Schrage is Professor of Law at the University of Amsterdam and the Director of the Paul Scholten Institute.

This is a very welcome book its style is such as to inform and inspire the choice of materials is often excellent it is a splendid resource of virtually endless use to any of us with an interest in how other jurisdictions tackle thorny legal problems of unjust enrichment. It deserves a place on our bookshelves. Duncan Sheehan, Lecturer in Law, University of East Anglia Common Law World Review April 2005

• 1. Introduction and Prefatory Overview of the Systems Considered 2. The General Approach of the Law of Unjustified Enrichment 3. Enrichment 4. Impoverishment 5. Causal Connection 6. Absence of Justification or Cause 7. Subsidiarity 8. Interest,Fault and Risk 9. Restitution for Wrongs