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Justifying Private Law Remedies
In August 2006 the third Australian Obligations Conference was hosted in Brisbane by the TC Beirne School of Law. The theme of the Conference was “Justifying Private Law Remedies”. This book contains a number of the papers delivered at that Conference, presented under several categories but all dealing with the fundamental issue of justification: General Concepts; Performance; Compensation; Punishment; and Restitution and Disgorgement. The authors are largely drawn from the legal academy, and include Canadian, Australian, British and New Zealand scholars. The collection will be of interest to all those concerned with the role, nature and place of remedies in the private law of the common law world.
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Justifying Private Law Remedies
In August 2006 the third Australian Obligations Conference was hosted in Brisbane by the TC Beirne School of Law. The theme of the Conference was “Justifying Private Law Remedies”. This book contains a number of the papers delivered at that Conference, presented under several categories but all dealing with the fundamental issue of justification: General Concepts; Performance; Compensation; Punishment; and Restitution and Disgorgement. The authors are largely drawn from the legal academy, and include Canadian, Australian, British and New Zealand scholars. The collection will be of interest to all those concerned with the role, nature and place of remedies in the private law of the common law world.
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In August 2006 the third Australian Obligations Conference was hosted in Brisbane by the TC Beirne School of Law. The theme of the Conference was “Justifying Private Law Remedies”. This book contains a number of the papers delivered at that Conference, presented under several categories but all dealing with the fundamental issue of justification: General Concepts; Performance; Compensation; Punishment; and Restitution and Disgorgement. The authors are largely drawn from the legal academy, and include Canadian, Australian, British and New Zealand scholars. The collection will be of interest to all those concerned with the role, nature and place of remedies in the private law of the common law world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781847317087
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 06/26/2008
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 405
File size: 542 KB

About the Author

Charles EF Rickett, MA, LLB, BD is the Sir Gerard Brennan Professor of Law at the TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland.
Charles EF Rickett, MA, LLB, BD is the Sir Gerard Brennan Professor of Law at the TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland.

Table of Contents

Part I General Concepts

1. Two Conceptions of Remedies
ERNEST J WEINRIB

2. Rights, Remedies, Wrongs and the Bribe-taking Fiduciary
STRUAN SCOTT

3. 'Discretion and Remedies'
THE HON P DE JERSEY AC, CHIEF JUSTICE
4. The Role of Policy in the Law of Obligations
THE HON JUSTICE SUSAN KIEFEL

Part II Performance

5. Substitutionary Damages
STEPHEN A SMITH

6. The Inadequacy of Damages as a Remedy for Breach of Contract
RALPH M CUNNINGTON

Part III Compensation

7. A Good Faith Perspective on Liquidated Damages
JW CARTER AND ELISABETH PEDEN

8. Economic Loss and the Duty of Care: a Study in the Exercise of Legal Justification
KIT BARKER

9. Compensation for Breach of Trust-The Remoteness Impasse
DARRYN JENSEN

Part IV Punishment

10. In Defence of Exemplary Damages
JAMES EDELMAN

11. Justice and Punishment in Tort: A Comparative Theoretical Analysis
ALLAN BEEVER

Part V Restitution and Disgorgement

12. Restitutionary Remedies for Wrongs: Causation and Remoteness
GRAHAM VIRGO

13. Subtractive and Wrongful Enrichment: Identifying Gain in the Law of Restitution
DUNCAN SHEEHAN

14. Equitable Relief from Forfeiture: Performance or Restitution?
MICHAEL BRYAN
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