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Mapping the law : essays in memory of Peter Birks / edited by Andrew Burrows and Lord Rodger of Earlsferry.
- 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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- Description
- lviii, 675 p. : port; 24 cm.
- Summary
- 'Mapping the Law' covers topics such as aspects of unjust enrichment, tracing, damages & compensation, undue influence property law, insolvency, equity & trusts, Roman law, & legal history. This collection of essays on private law & legal history celebrates the life & work of Peter Birks.
- Uniform Title
- University press scholarship online.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- 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 / Mindy Chen-Wishart -- Unjust enrichment, discharge for breach, and the primacy of contract / 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 -- Late 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.
- ISBN
- 0199206554 (acid-free paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2006025225
- OCLC
- 70864447
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library