Mason & Carter's Restitution Law in Australia, 4th Edition

PART I — INTRODUCTION
1. Restitution, Quasi-contract and Unjust Enrichment 
2. Classifying Claims and Remedies in Restitution 

PART II — CLAIMS BASED ON WANT OF TITLE
3. Want of Title: Misdirected Funds and Tracing 

PART III — MISTAKE
4. Mistake 

PART IV — CLAIMS BASED ON LEGAL OR MORAL COMPULSION
5. Improper Pressure 
6. Bearing Others’ Burdens: Contribution, Recoupment and Subrogation 
7. Judgments Reversed or Set Aside 
8. Necessitous Intervention: Restitution for Unsolicited Services or Payments 

PART V — INEFFECTIVE CONTRACTS
9. Introduction to Ineffective Contracts 
10. Inherently Ineffective Contracts 
11. Contracts Discharged for Breach or Repudiation 
12. Contracts Discharged Without Breach 
13. Contracts Rescinded or Set Aside 
14. Valuation and Adjustment 

PART VI — CLAIMS BASED ON WRONG COMMITTED
15. Introduction to Wrongs 
16. Tort 
17. Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Breach of Confi dence and
Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights 
18. Breach of Contract 
19. Wrongful Killing: The Forfeiture Rule 

PART VII — SPECIAL CLAIMS INVOLVING THE EXECUTIVE
20. Restitution against the Revenue 
21. Restitution of Ultra Vires Disbursements from the Revenue 

PART VIII — DEFENCES
22. Introduction to Defences 
23. Election 
24. Change of Position 
25. Consideration and Bona Fide Purchase 
26. Illegality 
27. Delay 

PART IX —INTEREST AND PLEADING RESTITUTIONARY
CLAIMS AND DEFENCES
28. Interest 
29. Pleading Restitutionary Claims and Defences

K Mason is a Professorial Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales. He was formerly President of the New South Wales Court of Appeal. 

J W Carter is Professor Emeritus at the University of Sydney, General Editor of theJournal of Contract Law and a Consultant to Herbert Smith Freehills. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law. 

G J Tolhurst is Professor of Commercial Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney. He is also a consultant to Herbert Smith Freehills.