Wrongful Enrichment: A Study in Comparative Law and Culture

Author: Nahel Asfour
Publisher: Hart Publishing
ISBN: 9781509935154

Published In: January 2020
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only
Hardback Edition ISBN: 9781782257059

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This book analyses enrichment law and its development and underpinning in social culture within three geographical regions: the United States, western members of the European Union and the late Ottoman Empire. These regions correspond, though imperfectly, with three different legal traditions: the American, continental and Islamic traditions.

The book argues that we should understand law as a mimetic artefact. In so doing, it explains how typical patterns and exemplary articulations of wrongful enrichment law capture and reiterate vocal cultural themes found in the respective regions.

The book identifies remarkable affinities between poetic tendencies, structures and default dispositions of wrongful enrichment law and cultural world views. It offers bold accounts of each region's law and culture providing fertile grounds for external and comparative elucidations of the legal doctrine.

Introduction

1. Law as a Mimetic Craft

2. European Law

The Route to Exemplars

Western Continental Law

Historical Overview

Current Law of Germany

Current Law of Austria

Current Law of Italy

Current Law of Spain

The Draft Common Frame of Reference

Tracing Exemplars