Consequences of Impaired Consent Transfers

A Structural Comparison of English and German Law
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84946-565-6
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Buch, Englisch, 410 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 778 g

Legal rules and principles do not exist in isolation, but form part of a system. In this structural comparison between English and German law, Birke Häcker explores the rules and principles governing impaired consent transfers of movable property and their reversal in two- and three-party situations.

This book is a re-publication of a work first published by Mohr Siebeck in Germany.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Häcker, Birke

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht BGB AT
• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Common Law (UK, USA, Australien u.a.)
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Sachenrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part One: Setting the Scene
Chapter I: Introduction

A. Aim of Project and Methodology

B. Scope of Inquiry

C. Structure of Book and Main Theses
Chapter II: Basic Principles Compared and Contrasted
A. Introduction

B. Basic Principles of Contract Law

C. Basic Principles of the Law Relating to Unjust(ified) Enrichment

D. Basic Principles of Property Law

E. No Conclusion
Part Two: Two-Party Situations
Chapter III: German Law and the Consequences of Abstraction

A. Introduction

B. Relationship between Contract and Conveyance

C. Contract Void, but Conveyance Valid

D. Invalidity of both Contract and Conveyance

E. Competing Wrongs-Based Claims
F. Summary

Chapter IV: Personal and Proprietary Restitution under English Law
A. Introduction

B. Operation of the Unjust Factor Regime

C. Relationship between Personal Claims to Restitution
for Unjust Enrichment and (Vested) Property Rights

D. Availability and Form of Proprietary Restitution

E. Competing Wrongs-Based Claims
F. Summary

Chapter V: Comparative Observations on Two-Party Cases
A. Introduction

B. Scope of Recovery
C. Separation and Abstraction in English Law
D. Reflections on 'Proprietary Restitution'

E. Summary

Part Three: Three-Party Situations
Chapter VI: The Position of Third Party Purchasers
A. Introduction

B. Extensive Proprietary Protection of Third Parties in German Law
C. The Relatively Weak Position of Third Parties in English Law
D. Comparative Observations on the Position of Third Party Purchasers

E. Summary

Chapter VII: The English Third Party Rights Bar to Rescission

A. Introduction

B. Background

C. The Third Party Rights Bar in Operation
D. Abolition of the Third Party Rights Bar

E. Summary

Chapter VIII: Claiming Substitute Assets from the Transferee (and Third Parties)

A. Introduction

B. Tracing and Disgorgement Damages in English Law
C. Limited Personal Rights to Substitutes under German Law
D. Comparative Observations on Claims to Substitute Assets
E. Summary

Part Four: Summing Up
Chapter IX: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Häcker, Birke
Birke Häcker is Schlegel Professor of Civil Law, Common Law and Comparative Law, and Director of the Institute of International and Comparative Private Law, University of Bonn, Germany.

Birke Häcker is Professor of Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, Director of the Institute of European and Comparative Law, and a Professorial Fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford.