The Foundations of Restitution for Wrongs.
- 1st ed.
- 1 online resource (262 pages)
Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Title verso -- Preface -- Contents -- Table of Citations -- Table of Cases -- Introduction -- 1. Terminology and Introduction to the Concept of Restitution for Wrongs -- I. First Things First -- II. Restitution -- III. Wrong -- IV. Setting the Terminological Premises -- 2. Restitution in the Context of the Law of Obligations -- I. Legal Analysis -- II. Some Remarks -- 3. Comparative Analysis: Proprietary and Intellectual Property Wrongs -- I. Organisation of the Analysis -- II. Proprietary Wrongs -- III. Intellectual Property Wrongs -- 4. Comparative Analysis: Breach of Contract -- I. English Law -- II. German Law -- III. Italian Law -- 5. Comparative Analysis: Other Wrongs and Concluding Observations -- I. Other Wrongs -- II. Concluding Observations -- 6. The Roman Law of Damages -- I. The Role of Non-Compensatory Responses -- II. Legal Responses to Wrongs -- III. The Punitive Character of the Roman Law of Delict -- IV. Penal and Compensatory Actions -- V. Restitution in the Roman Law of Damages -- VI. Evolution of the Law of Damages in the Post-Classical Period -- VII The Law of Damages in the Ius Commune -- VIII Some Reflections -- 7. The Law of Damages in the Tradition of Aristotelian Philosophy -- I. Introduction -- II. The Aristotelian Approach to Responses to Wrongdoing -- III. Aristotelian Theory and Law of Damages -- IV. The Influence of Philosophical Analysis over Legal Interpretation -- 8. Modern Aristotelian Approaches to Restitution for Wrongs -- I. Introduction -- II. German Legal Theory and Aristotelian Justice -- III. A Moral Instrumentalist Theory on the Law of Damages -- IV. A Moral Formalist Theory on the Law of Damages -- V. Corrective Justice and Restitution for Wrongs -- 9. Wrongs and Restitution -- I. Introduction -- II. Birks' Three Tests -- III. Protection of Facilitative Institutions. IV. General Acceptance -- V. Position of the Law Commission -- VI. Restitution Disgorgement and Deterrence -- VII. The Requirements of the Claim -- VIII. The Object of the Restitutionary Claim -- IX. Election between Compensation and Restitution -- X. The Neutrality of Restitution for Wrongs -- XI. The A Fortiori Argument -- XII. Conclusions -- 10. Final Observations -- I The Outcome of the Research -- II The Chosen Avenue -- III Law of Obligations and Restitution for Wrongs -- IV The Comparative Perspective -- V The Historical Perspective -- VI The Philosophical Perspective -- Bibliography -- Index.
This book explores the structure of restitutionary damages from various angles and develops a theory of restitution for wrongs as corrective justice.