Unjust Enrichment in South African Law: Rethinking Enrichment by Transfer

by Helen Scott and Helen Scott

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1849462232
• ISBN13: 9781849462235
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Hart Publishing
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.17 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"