Subrogation and Marshalling

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-5099-6926-5
Verlag: Bloomsbury Academic

Buch, Englisch, 216 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 454 g

This innovative and thought-provoking book studies how subrogation and marshalling should be understood in the context of private law.

Subrogation and marshalling are legal rules which give a person new rights with prima facie the same content as someone else's extinguished rights. There is little examination of why the law does this. This book argues that the key to understanding subrogation is the distinctive form of the rights that it creates. The form of rights created reflects a particular role in ensuring interpersonal justice: subrogation's role is to properly distribute the burden of debts. Taking this model, the book goes on to resolve persistent controversies in the case law, including when subrogation should occur, what rights it should create, the relationship between subrogation and marshalling, and whether subrogation is a remedy for unjust enrichment.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gregson, Rory

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part I: Introduction

1. What is Subrogation?
2. Six Controversies

Part II: Is Subrogation Redundant?

3. Enrichment
4. At the Claimant's Expense
5. Unjust
6. Defences
7. Effect

Part III: Is Subrogation Justified?

8. Previous Attempts to Justify Subrogation
9. Subrogation and Tracing
10. Properly Distributing the Burden of a Debt
11. Marshalling
12. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Gregson, Rory
Rory Gregson is Associate Professor of Law at Merton College, University of Oxford, UK.