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Record Nr.

UNINA9910795591003321

Autore

Asfour Nahel

Titolo

Wrongful enrichment : a study in comparative law and culture / / Nahel Asfour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, , 2017

ISBN

1-78225-708-X

1-78225-706-3

1-78225-707-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (186 pages) : illustrations, tables

Collana

International studies in the theory of private law ; ; v. 13

Disciplina

346.02/9

Soggetti

Law - Social aspects - European Union countries

Law - Social aspects - Turkey - History

Law - Social aspects - United States

Unjust enrichment - European Union countries

Unjust enrichment - Turkey - History

Unjust enrichment - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Vienna. Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät, 2013) issued under title: The cultural perspective of wrongful enrichment law.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Law as a memetic craft -- European law -- European culture -- American law -- American culture -- Ottoman law -- Ottoman culture -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

This book analyses enrichment law and its development and underpinning in social culture within three geographical regions: the United States, western members of the European Union and the late Ottoman Empire. These regions correspond, though imperfectly, with three different legal traditions: the American, continental and Islamic traditions. The book argues that we should understand law as a mimetic artefact. In so doing, it explains how typical patterns and exemplary articulations of wrongful enrichment law capture and reiterate vocal cultural themes found in the respective regions. The book identifies remarkable affinities between poetic tendencies,



structures and default dispositions of wrongful enrichment law and cultural world views. It offers bold accounts of each region's law and culture providing fertile grounds for external and comparative elucidations of the legal doctrine