Dagan's 2004 book provides a dynamic account of the American law of restitution. The book reviews the existing doctrine, using an ethical perspective to expose and examine critically the normative underpinnings of the core categories of restitution. Dagan also discusses some of the most controversial issues in the area, such as cohabitation, improper tax payments, and the role of constructive trusts as trumps in bankruptcy. He further tackles the recent restitution claims of slave laborers (or their descendants) against corporations that benefited from their enslavements, and of governmental bodies against injurious industries. Dagan argues that the concept of unjust enrichment is not an independent reason for restitution but, rather, serves as a loose framework. By integrating doctrinal and ethical analyses of restitution across the spectrum of restitution contexts, the author offers significant and provocative insights on existing law as well as possible reforms.
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1. Introduction; 2. Preventing unjust enrichment; 3. Mistakes; 4. Other-regarding conferrals of benefits; 5. Self-interested conferrals of benefits; 6. Restitution in contexts of informal intimacy; 7. Wrongful enrichments; 8. Restitution in a contractual context; 9. Restitution in bankruptcy; 10. Reasons for restitution.
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'In this well-argued and persuasive book, Hanoch Dagan undertakes a doctrinal and normative analysis of the American law of restitution … Professor Dagan's approach to this multifaceted field requires him to wear different masks on different occasions, appearing [] sometimes as status quo-reinforcing conservative and other times as rule-revising revolutionary. The comprehensiveness and clarity of the book unlocks the exciting practical and theoretical potential of, to invoke Richard A. Epstein's metaphor, a common law coach restored to its former stability running atop four robust substantive wheels.' Harvard Law Review
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This 2004 book provides acomprehensive account of the American law of restitution.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780521829045
Publisert
2004-08-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
700 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Dybde
22 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
398

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Biographical note

Hanoch Dagan is Professor of Law and Jurisprudence at Tel-Aviv University, and Affiliated Overseas Professor at the University of Michigan Law School. He wrote Unjust Enrichment: A Study of Private Law and Public Values (1997). His recent articles have been published in the California Law Review, Columbia Law Review, Michigan Law Review, New York University Law Review, Texas Law Review, Virginia Law Review, and Yale Law Review.