Current Issues in the Law of Restitution - LAWS8036
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210 or 5740
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
Restitution is the law's response to unjust enrichment. This course will deal with the question of how and when a plaintiff can compel a defendant to hand over enrichment gained at the plaintiff's expense. Courts in Australia, alongside those in other common law jurisdictions, recognise unjust enrichment as a source of rights and obligations.
The course will also deal with such fundamental questions as:
The course will also deal with such fundamental questions as:
- (1) the reasons for and measures of an unjust enrichment claim;
- (2) the constituent elements of a claim in unjust enrichment; and
- (3) how the law of unjust enrichment is conceptually related to other sources of rights and obligations (eg tort, contract).
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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