Re-examining contract and unjust enrichment Anglo-Canadian perspectives (Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2007)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Diverging or converging : the ongoing relationship of the common laws of England and Canada / Paula Giliker -- The relation between contract and unjust enrichment / Stephen Waddams -- Unjust factors, juristic reasons, and contracts in Anglo-Canadian law / Mitchell McInnes -- Mistake in contract law and in unjust enrichment / Kate Bracegirdle -- No longer taken to be cognisant of the law? Mistake of law in contract and restitution in Canada and England / Catharine MacMillan -- The fiduciary concept, contract law, and unjust enrichment : a functional comparison / Leonard I. Rotman -- Drafting an Irish Frustrated Contracts Act : lessons from British Columbia / Cliona Kelly -- Once more unto the breach : remedies for the non-payment of insurance claims after Blake / James Davey -- Choice of law for void contracts and their restitutionary aftermath : the putative governing law of the contract / Adeline Chong -- Implied contract and the taxonomy of unjust enrichment / Duncan Sheehan -- Contract, unjust enrichment, and restitution : the signicance of classification / Peter Jaffey -- The purpose of the doctrine of presumed undue influence / Jesse Elvin -- Awarding damages for distress and loss of reputation in England and Canada / Jill Poole -- Specific performance in the common and civil law : some lessons for harmonisation / Lucinda Miller
Presents a collection of essays that address some of the fundamental questions facing the law of contract and of unjust enrichment