Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment

Restitution is the body of law concerned with taking away gains that someone has wrongfully obtained. The operator of a Ponzi scheme takes money from his victims by fraud and then invests it in stocks that rise in value. Or a company pays a shareholder excessive dividends or pays them to the wrong person. Or a man poisons his grandfather and then collects under the grandfather’s will. In each of these cases, one party is unjustly enriched at the expense of another. And in all of them the law of restitution provides a way to undo the enrichment and transfer the defendant’s gains to a party with better rights to them. Tort law focuses on the harm, or costs, that one party wrongfully imposes on another. Restitution is the mirror image; it corrects gains that one party wrongfully receives at another’s expense. It is an important topic for every lawyer and for anyone else interested in how the legal system responds to injustice.  In Restitution, Ward Farnsworth presents a guide to this body of law that is compact, lively, and insightful―the first treatment of its kind that the American law of restitution has received. The book explains restitution doctrines, remedies, and defenses with unprecedented clarity and illustrates them with vivid examples. Farnsworth demonstrates that the law of restitution is guided by a manageable and coherent set of principles that have remarkable versatility and power. Restitution makes a complex and important area of law accessible, understandable, and interesting to any reader.

Farnsworth, Ward

Rules & Procedures

University of Chicago Press

Restitution is the body of law concerned with taking away gains that someone has wrongfully obtained. The operator of a Ponzi scheme takes money from his victims by fraud and then invests it in stocks that rise in value. Or a company pays a shareholder excessive dividends or pays them to the wrong person. Or a man poisons his grandfather and then collects under the grandfather’s will. In each of these cases, one party is unjustly enriched at the expense of another. And in all of them the law of restitution provides a way to undo the enrichment and transfer the defendant’s gains to a party with better rights to them. Tort law focuses on the harm, or costs, that one party wrongfully imposes on another. Restitution is the mirror image; it corrects gains that one party wrongfully receives at another’s expense. It is an important topic for every lawyer and for anyone else interested in how the legal system responds to injustice. In Restitution, Ward Farnsworth presents a guide to this body of law that is compact, lively, and insightful—the first treatment of its kind that the American law of restitution has received. The book explains restitution doctrines, remedies, and defenses with unprecedented clarity and illustrates them with vivid examples. Farnsworth demonstrates that the law of restitution is guided by a manageable and coherent set of principles that have remarkable versatility and power. Restitution makes a complex and important area of law accessible, understandable, and interesting to any reader.

There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more interesting and useful than the rules, they tend to be neglected in favor of other aspects of the curriculum. In The Legal Analyst, Ward Farnsworth brings together in one place all of the most powerful of those tools for thinking about law. From classic ideas in game theory such as the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” and the “Stag Hunt” to psychological principles such as hindsight bias and framing effects, from ideas in jurisprudence such as the slippery slope to more than two dozen other such principles, Farnsworth’s guide leads readers through the fascinating world of legal thought. Each chapter introduces a single tool and shows how it can be used to solve different types of problems. The explanations are written in clear, lively language and illustrated with a wide range of examples. The Legal Analyst is an indispensable user’s manual for law students, experienced practitioners seeking a one-stop guide to legal principles, or anyone else with an interest in the law.

The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law

Legal History

There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more interesting and useful than the rules, they tend to be neglected in favor of other aspects of the curriculum. In The Legal Analyst, Ward Farnsworth brings together in one place all of the most powerful of those tools for thinking about law. From classic ideas in game theory such as the “Prisoner’s Dilemma” and the “Stag Hunt” to psychological principles such as hindsight bias and framing effects, from ideas in jurisprudence such as the slippery slope to more than two dozen other such principles, Farnsworth’s guide leads readers through the fascinating world of legal thought. Each chapter introduces a single tool and shows how it can be used to solve different types of problems. The explanations are written in clear, lively language and illustrated with a wide range of examples. The Legal Analyst is an indispensable user’s manual for law students, experienced practitioners seeking a one-stop guide to legal principles, or anyone else with an interest in the law.

In this casebook, Farnsworth (law, Boston University) and Grady (George Mason University School of Law) present pairs and clusters of cases that contain factual similarities but arrive at different outcomes. There are lead cases presented here, as in other books, but the notes afterward largely consist of other judicial decisions. The book will help students draw distinctions between cases that are superficially similar and analogies between cases that are superficially different. The presentation of cases is compatible with a course emphasis on economic logic, corrective justice, other questions of policy, or on doctrine alone. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Torts: Cases and Questions

Grady, Mark F.

Business

Aspen Law & Business

The unique approach of Torts: Cases and Questions, Second Edition, presents extraordinary teaching cases positioned in tandem, challenging students to compare the cases and draw connections and distinctions between the two. Teachers across the country are discovering the lively and instructive classroom experience promoted by this fresh and innovative format. Torts: Cases and Questions, Second Edition, features: <ul>
<li> an exceptionally strong collection of cases arranged in pairs that challenge students to explain the distinctions between them </li> <li> logical organization that starts with intentional torts </li> <li> a balance of classic and contemporary cases chosen to stimulate active student engagement and lively class discussion </li> <li> intermediate cases—shorter excerpts than principal cases, but more lightly edited than typical note cases—that present a broad survey of the field </li> <li> problems integrated throughout the book that help students apply new concepts and prepare for exams </li> <li> a compatible pedagogical approach that supports a variety of teaching objectives </li> <li> an extensive Teacher’s Manual that offers hundreds of interesting questions and answers suitable for classroom use </li> </ul>
 Revised for enhanced clarity throughout, the updated Second Edition includes: <ul>
<li> coverage that reflects the expanded use of the Restatement (Third) of Torts </li> <li> additional facts added to some case descriptions </li> <li> notes on recent public events of interest, including the 9/11 Victims’ Compensation Fund and litigation over the painkilling drug Vioxx </li> </ul>
 Now with enhanced clarity and even stronger teaching cases, the second edition of Torts: Cases and Questions will revitalize how you teach Torts while it provides complete and sustained support of your coverage preferences and teaching objectives. *A Teacher’s Manual may be available for this book. Teacher’s Manuals are a professional courtesy offered to professors only. For more information or to request a copy, please contact Aspen Publishers at 800-950-5259 or legaledu@wolterskluwer.com.

Legal Education

Aspen Opco Llc

Chess tactics explained in English: the website www.chesstactics.org in book form. This volume is the first in a two-part set. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation. This first volume provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks. (Book II covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns.) A hardcover version is also available.

Predator at the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics (Book I)

Humor & Entertainment

Puzzles & Games

lulu.com

Chess tactics explained in English: the second volume of material from www.chesstactics.org. This book is the second in a two-part set. The two books together contain over a thousand examples organized in unprecedented detail. Every position is accompanied by a commentary describing a train of thought that leads to the solution; these books thus are the ideal learning tool for those who prefer explanations in words to long strings of notation. Book II -- the present volume -- covers pins and skewers, removal of the guard, and mating patterns. (The first book in the set provides an introduction to tactics and explains forks and discovered attacks.) Also available in hardcover.

Predator at the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics (Book II)

This loose-leaf contains the same content and pagination as the casebook edition Torts: Cases and Questions, Second Edition, ISBN 9780735582941, by Farnsworth/Grady. The loose-leaf pages are 3-hole punched, collated, and in shrink wrap. The pages are not sold in a binder nor are they bound together in any way. 
The unique approach of Torts: Cases and Questions, Second Edition, presents extraordinary teaching cases positioned in tandem, challenging students to compare the cases and draw connections and distinctions between the two. Teachers across the country are discovering the lively and instructive classroom experience promoted by this fresh and innovative format. Torts: Cases and Questions, Second Edition, features: <ul>
<li> an exceptionally strong collection of cases arranged in pairs that challenge students to explain the distinctions between them </li> <li> logical organization that starts with intentional torts </li> <li> a balance of classic and contemporary cases chosen to stimulate active student engagement and lively class discussion </li> <li> intermediate cases shorter excerpts than principal cases, but more lightly edited than typical note cases that present a broad survey of the field </li> <li> problems integrated throughout the book that help students apply new concepts and prepare for exams </li> <li> a compatible pedagogical approach that supports a variety of teaching objectives </li> </ul>
 Revised for enhanced clarity throughout, the updated Second Edition includes: <ul>
<li> coverage that reflects the expanded use of the Restatement (Third) of Torts </li> <li> additional facts added to some case descriptions </li> <li> notes on recent public events of interest, including the 9/11 Victims Compensation Fund and litigation over the painkilling drug Vioxx </li> </ul>
 Now with enhanced clarity and even stronger teaching cases, the second edition of Torts: Cases and Questions will revitalize how you teach Torts while it provides complete and sustained support of your coverage preferences and teaching objectives.

Torts: Cases and Questions (Aspen Casebook)

Wolters Kluwer/Law & Business

Restitution is a body of law that has immense practical value and wide application to disputes of all sorts. Simply put, it is the set of rules that govern recovery of gains that a party should not keep or unjust enrichment, as it is formally called; and unjust enrichment occurs every day in both private and commercial transactions. Restitution has the dual distinction of being one of the most useful but overlooked bodies of law, due to its lack of study by several generations of modern lawyers. Without a single casebook in print on the subject, it has been nearly impossible to teach restitution law in the past. Restitution and Unjust Enrichment: Cases and Notes fills that void and presents the substance, remedies and history of restitution in a practical and interesting manner. Professors and students will benefit from: <ul>
<li>The only casebook available for teaching this important and interesting subject, and the first new one in 50 years.</li> <li>A modern reworking of the topic that adopts the framework of Publication of Restatement Third, Restitution and Unjust Enrichment (2011) ( R3RUE ) for teaching purposes.</li> <li>A complete discussion of Restitution, which is part of the required curriculum for students who receive legal training in other parts of the common-law world.</li> <li>Authorship by leading scholars in the field. Andrew Kull was the sole Reporter for R3RUE, published in two hardcover volumes. Ward Farnsworth is the author of a convenient treatise on Restitution, published by the University of Chicago Press in 2014. He is also co-author of the Wolters Kluwer casebook Torts: Cases and Questions, currently in its second edition.</li> </ul>

Restitution and Unjust Enrichment: Cases and Notes (Aspen Casebook)

Kull, Andrew

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Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment

Restitution: Civil Liability for Unjust Enrichment

The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law

The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law

Torts: Cases and Questions

Torts: Cases and Questions

Predator at the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics (Book I)

Predator at the Chessboard: A Field Guide to Chess Tactics (Book II)

Torts: Cases and Questions (Aspen Casebook)

Restitution and Unjust Enrichment: Cases and Notes (Aspen Casebook)