Cases and Materials on the Law of Restitution

Steve Hedley, "The Cambridge Law Journal", 1998. Review from previous edition "The editors' commentary throughout the book is diverse and interesting."

Donal Nolan, King's College London, Lloyd's Maritime and Commerical Law Quarterly '...Burrows and McKendrick is a model casebook. The layout and appearance of the material is excellent. At the beginning, there is a comprehensive and clear list of contents, which helpfully includes the names of all the cases and articles extracted within...As far as the material selected for inclusion is concerned, Burrows and McKendrick have done a difficult task extremely well...The authors are to be congratulated on an excellent book. With works of this calibre
on the desks of our students, the future health of restitution will be assured.'

<br>Andrew Burrows QC is the Norton Rose Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Oxford, Fellow of St. Hugh's College; Honorary Bencher of the Middle Temple; Recorder on the South-Eastern Circuit; and barrister at Fountain Court Chambers, London.<br> Ewan McKendrick is Professor of English Private Law at the University of Oxford, Fellow of Lady Margaret Hall, and a member of Chambers at 3 Verulam Buildings, Gray's Inn.<br> James Edelman is a CUF lecturer at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Keble College; Barrister, Western Australia; and Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of Western Australia.<br>

1. Unjust enrichment and competing theories; 2. The essential ingredients of a restitutionary claim; 3. Mistake; 4. Ignorance; 5. Failure of consideration; 6. Illegitimate pressure; 7. Unde influence and exploitation of weakneess; 8. Legal compulsion: compulsory discharge of another's legal liability; 9. Necessity; 10. Illegality as a ground for restitution; 11. Incapacity as a ground for restitution; 12. Ultra vires demands by public authorities; 13. Tracing and Proprietary Restitution; 14. Defences; 15. Restitution for Wrongs