Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Unjust Enrichment [Hardcover]

This volume takes stock of the rapid changes to the law of unjust enrichment over the last decade. It offers a set of original contributions from leading private law theorists examining the philosophical foundations of the law. The essays consider the central questions raised by demarcating unjust enrichment as a separate area of private law - including how its normative foundations relate to those of other areas of private law, how the concept of enrichment relates to property theory, how the remedy of restitution relates to principles of corrective justice and what role mental elements should play in shaping the law.

Robert Chambers is Professor of Law at University College, London. He is the author of Resulting Trusts (OUP, 1997) and is currently writing a volume in the Clarendon Law series on Trusts law.
Charles Mitchell is Professor of Law at King's College, London. He is the author ofThe Law of Contribution and Reimbursement(OUP, 2003) andSubrogation, Law and Practice(OUP, 2007). He is currently writing a practitioner text on the law of unjust enrichment for OUP.
James Penner is Professor of Law at University College, London, specializing in the philosophy of property and private law. He is the author ofThe Idea of Property in Law(OUP, 1997) andThe Law of Trusts(6th ed. OUP, 2008).