Unjust Enrichment in South African Law

Unjust Enrichment in South African Law
Author: Helen Scott
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 384
Release: 2014-07-18
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1782251391

Conventional thinking teaches that the absence of liability - in particular contractual invalidity - is itself the reason for the restitution of transfers in the South African law of unjustified enrichment. However, this book argues that while the absence of a relationship of indebtedness is a necessary condition for restitution in such cases, it is not a sufficient condition. The book takes as its focus those instances in which the invalidity thesis is strongest, namely, those traditionally classified as instances of the condictio indebiti, the claim to recover undue transfers. It seeks to demonstrate that in all such instances it is necessary for the plaintiff to show not only the absence of his liability to transfer but also a specific reason for restitution, such as mistake, compulsion or incapacity. Furthermore, this book explores the reasons for the rise of unjust factors in South African law, attributing this development in part to the influence of the Roman-Dutch restitutio in integrum, an extraordinary, equitable remedy that has historically operated independently of the established enrichment remedies of the civilian tradition, and which even now remains imperfectly integrated into the substantive law of enrichment. Finally, the book seeks to defend in principled terms the mixed approach to enrichment by transfer (an approach based both on unjust factors and on the absence of a legal ground) which appears to characterise modern South African law. It advocates the rationalisation of the causes of action comprised within the condictio indebiti, many of which are subject to additional historically-determined requirements, in light of this mixed analysis.

Unjustified Enrichment

Unjustified Enrichment
Author: D. P. Visser
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Civil law
ISBN: 9780702176913

Helps to locate the law relevant to the specific problem that is being investigated - and to allow those who are not familiar with the subject to find their way into it.

Research Handbook on Unjust Enrichment and Restitution

Research Handbook on Unjust Enrichment and Restitution
Author: Elise Bant
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages: 535
Release: 2020-07-31
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1788114264

This comprehensive yet accessible Research Handbook offers an expert guide to the key concepts, principles and debates in the modern law of unjust enrichment and restitution.

Unjustified Enrichment

Unjustified Enrichment
Author: Daniel Visser
Publisher: Juta and Company Ltd
Total Pages: 844
Release: 2008
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780702179259

This is the first title on the South African law of unjustified enrichment, covering the entire field of this area of the law. It aims not only at giving an accurate description of the current law, but also to investigate new solutions to old problems, making use of comparative insights. The book is structured in an accessible way to make it possible for anyone easily to locate the law relevant to the specific problem that is being investigated -- and to allow those who are not familiar with the subject to find their way into it.

Corrective Justice

Corrective Justice
Author: Ernest J. Weinrib
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 365
Release: 2012-09-20
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199660646

Private law governs our most pervasive relationships: the wrongs we do one another, the contracts we make and break, and the property we own. This book analyses the deepest questions about the law's foundations, showing how a distinctive notion of justice, 'corrective justice', describes the special morality intrinsic to private law.