? Credit Points : 40  ? SCQF Level : 10  ? Acronym : LAW-3-LW0006

The structure of a claim for redress of unjustified enrichment. The scope of enrichment law. The internal organisation of enrichment law. Enrichment by transfer: condictio indebiti and error; void and voidable contracts; contracts terminated by frustration or rescission; compulsion; illegality and unenforceability. Enrichment by the act of the enriched or third party: delict or invasion of rights. Obtruding benefits: enrichment of another by improving his property; enrichment of another by payment of his debt. Defences. Measure of recovery. Third party enrichment: payment to wrong person; indirect enrichment. Unjustified enrichment and property law. Constructive trust and tracing. Negotiorum gestio.

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Home subject area

Law, (School of Law, Schedule F)

? Normal year taken : 3rd year

? Delivery Period : Full Year (Blocks 1-4)

? Contact Teaching Time : 2 hour(s) per week for 19 weeks

All of the following classes

Type Day Start End Area Lecture Thursday 11:10 13:00 Central

As in Course Guide

See Course Guide

Exam times

Diet Diet Month Paper Code Paper Name Length 1ST May 1 - 3 hour(s)

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Course Secretary

Ms Rozanne Luty
Tel : (0131 6)50 2056
Email : Rozanne.Luty@ed.ac.uk

Course Organiser

Mr Martin Hogg
Tel : (0131 6)50 2071
Email : Martin.Hogg@ed.ac.uk

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