Volume X: Restitution - Unjust Enrichment and Negotiorum Gestio | Chapter 5 (1991): Restitution of Benefits Conferred without Obligation

Completed in February 1988 with some subsequent additions.

Izhak Englard

1. Basic fact-situation and conceptual framework. – In its most general form, this chapter is concerned with benefits conferred upon a person under a legally unsuccessful transaction. The failure of a bargain may be due to a variety of causes. Once its failure is recognized, the basic solution seems quite simple: the resto…