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Rethinking Unjust Enrichment: History, Sociology, Doctrine, and Theory

Rethinking Unjust Enrichment: History, Sociology, Doctrine, and Theory

by Rethinking Unjust Enrichment: History, Sociology, Doctrine, and Theory
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This inter-disciplinary volume brings together scholars from across the globe to challenge the dominant position of unjust enrichment and suggest more satisfactory alternatives.

Rethinking Unjust Enrichment includes a broad range of voices from the UK, US, Australia, Canada, China, Singapore, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Hong Kong, and South America. The book includes voices of sceptics who think that the current unjust enrichment doctrine must be seriously qualified and others who think that it should be eliminated altogether.

The contributions cast doubt on the various parameters of unjust enrichment from an analytical standpoint, representing four interrelated perspectives: history, sociology, doctrine, and theory. The four-limb structure of the book provides readers with a clear understanding of the current problems of unjust enrichment at the deepest levels of its history, sociological forces, doctrinal fallacies, and normative deficiencies. This treatment of the subject serves as the basis for a comprehensive reform across jurisdictions.

Comprehensive and multi-faceted, Rethinking Unjust Enrichment is interesting to both sceptics and supporters of the unjust enrichment. It facilitates a critical and constructive dialogue between the two.

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BrandOxford University Press
Pub dateMar 7, 2024
ISBN-100192874144
ISBN-139780192874146
Hardcover400.0 pages
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions6.3 × 1.6 × 8.8 in
Weight2 lb
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