| Description |
xxxii, 335 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Recovering Payments under Void Contracts in Scots Law / Alan Rodger -- Damage without Loss / Christian Von Bar -- International Restatements and National Law / Roy Goode -- The Familiarity of the Unknown / Basil Markesinis -- The Law Merchant as a Source of English Law / John Baker -- The Sad Fate of the Theft Act 1968 / John Smith -- Bills of Lading and Bailment on Tends / Guenter Treitel -- The Temptation of Elegance: Concurrence of Restitutionary and Contractual Claims / J. Beatson -- Fault and Strict Liability for Harm in Tort Law / Peter Cane -- Lord Goff's Contribution to the Law of Restitution / Gareth Jones -- The Role of Fault in the Law of Unjust Enrichment / Peter Birks -- The Myth of Phillips v Homfray / William Swadling -- Reforming Non-Compensatory Damages / Andrew Burrows -- Appendix: The Search for Principle / Robert Goff |
| Summary |
This collection of essays was commissioned to mark the contribution to legal scholarship of Lord Goff of Chieveley upon his retirement as Senior Law Lord in 1998. There are contributions on criminal law, comparative law, contract, tort, and private international law, as well as on restitution |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Goff of Chieveley, Robert Goff, Baron, 1926-2016.
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Law -- Great Britain.
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Restitution -- Great Britain.
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| Genre/Form |
Festschriften.
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| Author |
Goff of Chieveley, Robert Goff, Baron, 1926-2016.
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Jones, Gareth H.
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Swadling, William.
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| LC no. |
99056645 |
| ISBN |
0198298838 |
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