Mapping the law
Subtitle: essays in memory of Peter Birks
By: edited by Andrew Burrows and Lord Rodger of Earlsferry.
Contributors: Birks, Peter.; Burrows, A. S.; Rodger of Earlsferry, Alan, Lord, 1944-
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 675
ISBN-13: 9780199206551
Subjects: Birks, Peter.; Law teachers -- England -- History -- 20th century.; Restitution -- England.; Civil law -- England.; Roman law -- Influence.
Description: 'Mapping the Law' covers topics such as aspects of unjust enrichment, tracing, damages & compensation, undue influence property law, insolvency, equity & trusts, Roman law, & legal history. This collection of essays on private law & legal history celebrates the life & work of Peter Birks.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [641]-651) and index.
Table of contents: title: The evolution of the species / Francis Rose; title: Absence of basis,  the new Birksian scheme / Andrew Burrows; title: Three enrichment issues / Robert Stevens; title: Some thoughts on change of position / Gareth Jones; title: The role of fault in the law of restitution / Graham Virgo; title: Subrogation : persistent misunderstandings / Charles Mitchell; title: Tracing / Lionel Smith; title: Gain-based damages and compensation  / James Edelman; title: Unlawful statutes and mistake of law : is there a smile on the face of Schrödinger's cat? / Jack Beatson; title: The further travails of duress / Ewan McKendrick; title: Undue influence : beyond impaired consent and wrongdoing towards a relational analysis / Mindy Chen-Wishart; title: Unjust enrichment, discharge for breach, and the primacy of contract / Gerard McMeel; title: Resulting trusts / Robert Chambers; title: Jones v. Jones : property or unjust enrichment? / Peter Millett; title: Unjust delivery / William Swadling; title: The avoidance of transactions in insolvency proceedings and restitutionary defences / Roy Goode; title: Restitution after termination for breach of contract : German law after the reform of 2002 / Reinhard Zimmermann; title: No basis : a comparative view / Sonja Meier; title: Unjust enrichment as absence of basis : can English law cope? / Gerhard Dannemann; title: The fallacy of "restitution for wrongs" / Thomas Krebs; title: Peter Birks and Scots enrichment law / Hector MacQueen; title: What did Damnum Iniuria actually mean? / Alan Rodger; title: The Romanization of Spain : the contribution of city laws in the light of the Lex Irnitana / Joseph Georg Wolf; title: Absent parties and bloody-minded judges / Ernest Metzger; title: "You can never tell with bees" : good advice from Pooh for students of the Lex Aquilia / Arianna Pretto-Sakmann; title: Late arrivals : the appendix in Justinian's Digest reconsidered / Tony Honoré; title: Logic and experience in Roman law / David Johnston; title: Unjust enrichment : the tenant's tale / Eltjo Schrage; title: Bezoar-stones, gall-stones, and gem- stones : a chapter in the history of the tort of deceit / John Baker; title: Denials ancient and modern, with some Roman footnotes / Jeffrey Hackney; title: Rumford market and the genesis of fiduciary obligations / Joshua Getzler; title: Slavery and the Roman law of evidence in eighteenth-century Scotland / John W. Cairns; title: Sir William Jones and the nature of law / David Ibbetson; title: The publications of Peter Birks, 1969-2005 / compiled by Eric Descheemaeker.