Wrongful Enrichment : A Study in Comparative Law and Culture.

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Transliteration and Translation Notes -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Table of DCFR and EU Projects -- Table of EU -- Table of Restatements -- Introduction -- 1 Law as a Mimetic Craft -- 2 European Law -- The Route to Exemplars -- Western Continental Law -- Tracing Exemplars -- Assessment -- 3 European Culture -- An Introductory Note -- Is there a European Culture? -- Wealth as Labour, Morality and Social Properties -- Wealth as a Person's Earthly Dominion, Property and Possession -- Wealth as Capital and Rights -- Observing European Law and Culture -- 4 American Law -- The Fathers of American Restitution Law -- American Law -- Restatements of Restitution -- Tracing Exemplars -- Assessment -- 5 American Culture -- Candide's New Paradise -- Is there an American Culture? -- Wealth as Work Ethic, Religious Values and Money -- Observing American Law and Culture -- 6 Ottoman Law -- The Genesis of the Mecelle -- The Ottoman Mecelle -- Tracing Exemplars -- Assessment -- 7 Ottoman Culture -- Politicised Poetics -- Was there an Ottoman Culture? -- Wealth as Socio-Political Status and Religious Trust -- Observing Ottoman Law and Culture: The Exceptional Case of Imitatio -- Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

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