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Title

Mapping the law : essays in memory of Peter Birks / edited by Andrew Burrows and Lord Rodger of Earlsferry.

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Additional Authors

• Birks, Peter.
• Burrows, A. S. (Andrew S.)
• Rodger of Earlsferry, Alan, Lord, 1944-

Description

lviii, 675 p.; 25 cm.

Subject

• Birks, Peter
• Law teachers > England > History > 20th century
• Restitution > England
• Civil law > England
• Roman law > Influence

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [641]-651) and index.

Contents

The evolution of the species / Francis Rose -- Absence of basis : the new Birksian scheme / Andrew Burrows -- Three enrichment issues / Robert Stevens -- Some thoughts on change of position / Gareth Jones -- The role of fault in the law of restitution / Graham Virgo -- Subrogation : persistent misunderstandings / Charles Mitchell -- Tracing / Lionel Smith -- Gain-based damages and compensation / James Edelman -- Unlawful statutes and mistake of law : is there a smile on the face of Schrödinger's cat? / Jack Beatson -- The further travails of duress / Ewan McKendrick -- Undue influence : beyond impaired consent and wrongdoing towards a relational analysis / MindyChen-Wishart -- Unjust enrichment, discharge for breach, and the primacy of contract : property, insolvency, and restitution / Gerard McMeel -- Resulting trusts / Robert Chambers -- Jones v. Jones : property or unjust enrichment? / Peter Millett -- Unjust delivery / William Swadling -- The avoidance of transactions in insolvency proceedings and restitutionary defences / Roy Goode -- Restitution after termination for breach of contract : German law after the reform of 2002 / Reinhard Zimmermann -- No basis : a comparative view / Sonja Meier -- Unjust enrichment as absence of basis : can English law cope? / Gerhard Dannemann -- The fallacy of "restitution for wrongs" / Thomas Krebs -- Peter Birks and Scots enrichment law / Hector MacQueen -- What did Damnum Iniuria actually mean? / Alan Rodger -- The romanization of Spain : the contribution of city laws in the light of the Lex Irnitana / Joseph Georg Wolf -- Absent parties and bloody-minded judges / Ernest Metzger -- "You can never tell with bees" : good advice from Pooh for students of the Lex Aquilia / Arianna Pretto-Sakmann -- Law arrivals : the appendix in Justinian's Digest reconsidered / Tony Honoré -- Logic and experience in Roman law / David Johnston -- Unjust enrichment : the tenant's tale / Eltjo Schrage -- Bezoar-stones, gall-stones, and gem-stones : a chapter in the history of the tort of deceit / John Baker -- Denials ancient and modern, with some Roman footnotes / Jeffrey Hackney -- Rumford market and the genesis of fiduciary obligations / Joshua Getzler -- Slavery and the Roman law of evidence in eighteenth-century Scotland / John W. Cairns -- Sir William Jones and the nature of law / David Ibbetson -- The publications of Peter Birks, 1969-2005 / compiled by Eric Descheemaeker.

Call Number

JFE 06-14511

ISBN

0199206554 (acid-free paper)

LCCN

2006025225

OCLC

• 70864447
• vendorOCM70864447

Title

Mapping the law : essays in memory of Peter Birks / edited by Andrew Burrows and Lord Rodger of Earlsferry.

Imprint

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [641]-651) and index.

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Table of contents only

Added Author

Birks, Peter.

Burrows, A. S. (Andrew S.)

Rodger of Earlsferry, Alan, Lord, 1944-

Research Call Number

JFE 06-14511