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UNINA9910806997403321 |
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Autore |
Dagan Ḥanokh |
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Titolo |
The law and ethics of restitution / / Hanoch Dagan |
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Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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1-107-14769-7 |
1-280-54020-6 |
0-511-21469-3 |
0-511-21648-3 |
0-511-21111-2 |
0-511-31527-9 |
0-511-49549-8 |
0-511-21288-7 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xxi, 374 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Restitution - United States |
Unjust enrichment - United States |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 332-365) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 intimarcy -- 7. Wrongful enrichments -- 8. Restitution in a contractual context -- 9. Restitution in bankruptcy -- 10. Reasons for restitution. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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