Wrongful Enrichment: A Study in Comparative Law and Culture

Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-5099-3515-4
Verlag: HART PUB

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 304 g

Reihe: International Studies in the T

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Asfour, Nahel

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islamisches Recht
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Schuldrecht Gesetzliche Schuldverhältnisse allg.
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Westeuropa, Südeuropa
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Islamisches Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction
1. Law as a Mimetic Craft
2. European Law
The Route to Exemplars
Western Continental Law
Historical Overview
Current Law of Germany
Current Law of Austria
Current Law of Italy
Current Law of Spain
The Draft Common Frame of Reference
Tracing Exemplars
Assessment
3. European Culture
An Introductory Note
Is there a European Culture?
Wealth as Labour, Morality and Social Properties
Wealth as a Person's Earthly Dominion, Property and Possession
Wealth as Capital and Rights
Observing European Law and Culture
4. American Law
The Fathers of American Restitution Law
American Law
Historical Overview
Current law
Restatements of Restitution
Tracing Exemplars
Assessment
5. American Culture
Candide's New Paradise
Is there an American Culture?
Wealth as Work Ethic, Religious Values and Money
Observing American Law and Culture
6. Ottoman Law
The Genesis of the Mecelle
The Ottoman Mecelle
Tracing Exemplars
Assessment
7. Ottoman Culture
Politicised Poetics
Was there an Ottoman Culture?
Wealth as Socio-Political Status and Religious Trust
Observing Ottoman Law and Culture: The Exceptional Case of Imitatio
Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Asfour, Nahel
Dr Nahel Asfour has lectured on Private Law and Culture, Property and Restitution Law Theory at the University of Vienna, and currently lectures on Remedies Law at Tel-Aviv University as teaching fellow. He also practices law in Nazareth, Israel.

Nahel Asfour has lectured on Private Law and Culture, Property and Restitution Law Theory at the University of Vienna, and currently lectures on Remedies Law at Tel-Aviv University as teaching fellow. He also practices law in Nazareth, Israel.