ABSTRACT

The essays in this collection examine the conceptual notions of property and obligations in law. Ideas of property and of obligations are central, organising concepts within law but are nevertheless liable to fragmentation and esoteric development when applied in particular contexts. In particular this collection focuses on the ways in which those concepts are applied to commercial law, land law, human rights law, intellectual property law, the law of restitution, company law and legal theory. This is a challenging and progressive collection of essays which cohere into an extensive examination of private law.

chapter 1|8 pages

The unbearable lightness of property

Alastair Hudson

chapter |2 pages

The loss of the right to trace

chapter |11 pages

Disposable does not mean transferable

chapter 3|4 pages

The relationship between property law and tort law

Paula Giliker

chapter |4 pages

Developments in the common law

chapter 4|9 pages

Property and contract: where are we?

David Pearce

chapter |11 pages

…but thriving

chapter 5|12 pages

The Land Registration Act 2002 and the nature of ownership

Elizabeth Cooke

chapter |12 pages

Short legal leases

chapter 7|14 pages

The taxonomic approach to restitution

Steve Hedley

chapter 8|18 pages

The theory of unjust enrichment

Peter Jaffey UNJUST ENRICHMENT AND RESTITUTION The principle of unjust enrichment as an underlying principle

chapter |4 pages

Illusory justification

chapter 9|16 pages

Property and unjust enrichment: a misunderstood relationship

Craig Rotherham

chapter 10|7 pages

Vindicating vindication: Foskett v McKeown reviewed

Graham Virgo

chapter |1 pages

Theoretical inquiries

chapter |9 pages

DEFENDING VINDICATION

chapter |3 pages

Unconscionability

chapter 11|10 pages

Restitution of property you do not own anyway

Andrew Tettenborn

chapter 13|8 pages

On the redundancy of the concept of bailment

Gerard McMeel

chapter |3 pages

Retention of title

chapter 14|12 pages

Whose molecule is it anyway? Private and social perspectives on intellectual property

Sol Picciotto and David Campbell

chapter 15|9 pages

Simplifying copyright law

Jonathan Griff iths

chapter 16|12 pages

Property rights, international trade and human rights

Janet Dine PROPERTY IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

chapter 17|14 pages

The company: property, power and responsibility

Lisa Whitehouse ABSTRACT

chapter 18|14 pages

Mutuals and co-operatives: property, obligations, business and dedicated assets

Ian Snaith THE NATURE OF CO-OPERATIVES AND MUTUALS

chapter 19|4 pages

Rapporteur’s overview: between morality and formalism in property, obligations and restitution

Alastair Hudson THE CENTRAL CONCEPTUAL QUESTION

chapter |3 pages

Talking the language of justice

chapter |2 pages

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