Vengeance and bitter violence have had their turns--without redemptive results. How should we as a society respond to wrongdoing? When a crime occurs or an injustice is done, what needs to happen? What does justice require? Howard Zehr, known worldwide for his pioneering work in…
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Vengeance and bitter violence have had their turns--without redemptive results. How should we as a society respond to wrongdoing? When a crime occurs or an injustice is done, what needs to happen? What does justice require? Howard Zehr, known worldwide for his pioneering work in…
Rights and obligations can arise, amongst other things, in tort or in unjust enrichment. Simone Degeling deals with the phenomenon whereby a stranger to litigation is entitled to participate in the fruits of that litigation. Two prominent examples of this phenomenon are the care…
Degeling explains the phenomenon of shared damages by which a stranger to litigation is entitled to participate in the claimant's damages. Core examples are the carer of a victim of tort who shares in the victim's damages and the indemnity insurer which participates in the damag…
Restorative justice' is one of the most talked about topics in the field of criminal justice, increasingly emphasised in relation to young offenders. Many see it also as a paradigm shift in criminal justice, away from dominant punitive and therapeutic paradigms, emphasising inst…
Restorative justice is one of the most talked-about developments in the field of crime and justice. It emphasises the reintegration of offenders into communities, rather than their control through strategies of punishment and exclusion. The main aim of this book is to provide a …
This text provides a comprehensive description in the English language of the German law of unjust enrichment, by explaining how this works in the context of German law, and by discussing the implications this would have if the German system were implemented in an English legal …
This book provides a framework of the fundamental principles underlying the law of restitution, and suggests new approaches to understanding the law of resitution in relation to other areas of the law, especially contract and property law.
Joint Winner of the 2001 SPTL Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship! In recent years there has been enormous interest in the law of restitution, with many new books and academic articles and a number of important decisions in the courts. However, there remains great controvers…
