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Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1080 g

Scott

Unjust Enrichment in South African Law

Rethinking Enrichment by Transfer
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-84946-223-5
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL

Rethinking Enrichment by Transfer

Buch, Englisch, 250 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 1080 g

ISBN: 978-1-84946-223-5
Verlag: Bloomsbury 3PL


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.

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1 Introduction

I Enrichment Liability in the Civilian Tradition

II Enrichment Liability in South African Law

III A Law of Unjustified Enrichment?

IV Unjust Enrichment: the Reanalysis of Enrichment by Transfer

V Beyond the Condictiones

VI Plan of Action

Part I Mistake

2 Mistake: Nineteenth Century

I Introduction

II Condictio Indebiti

III Restitutio in Integrum on Grounds of Iustus Error

IV Restitution of Contractual Performance on Grounds of Iustus Error

V Conclusion

3. Mistake Continued: Twentieth Century and Beyond

I Introduction

II Twentieth Century: Excusable Mistake of Fact

III Willis Faber Enthoven (Pty) Ltd v Receiver of Revenue

IV Twenty-first Century: Excusable Mistake

V Analysis: Excusable Mistake in South African Law

Part II Compulsion and Incapacity

Introduction: Taking Stock

4 Compulsion

I Introduction

II Historical Background

III Restitution of Compelled Transfers: Nineteenth Century

IV Restitution of Compelled Transfers: Twentieth Century

V Analysis

5 Incapacity: Minority and the Doctrine of Ultra Vires

I Introduction

II Historical background

III Restitution of Minors' Transfers in South African Law

IV Restitution of Ultra Vires Transfers

V Conclusion

Part III Theory

6 Theory: Unjust Factors or Absence of Legal Ground?

I Introduction

II Unjust Factors Analysis in English Law

III Absence of Legal Ground Analysis

IV Civilian Critique of the Unjust Factors Analysis

V The Case for Unjust Factors

VI Unjust Factors and the Common Law Method

VII A Mixed Approach

7 Conclusion

I Unjust Enrichment in South African Law

II In Defence of the Unjust Factors Analysis

III Unjust Enrichment: the Future


Scott, Helen
Helen Scott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of Cape Town.

Helen Scott is an Associate Professor in the Department of Private Law at the University of Cape Town.



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