Undergraduate Course: Unjustified Enrichment (LAWS10053)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits | 40 |
| Home subject area | Law |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | 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. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Please note that you are very unlikely to get a place on an Honours Law course unless you are on a direct exchange with the School of Law (this includes Erasmus law exchange students). |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | No |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Full Year, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 27 |
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| Central | Seminar | | 1-27 | | 11:10 - 13:00 | | | |
| First Class |
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| Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May) | | 3:00 | | |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
The aims of the course are to enable each member of the class to acquire:
* a knowledge and understanding of Scots enrichment law (ie obligations for the redress of unjustified enrichment) including its scope and taxonomy; the principles governing its main categories; and its interface or overlap with closely related fields of private law;
* the ability to use that knowledge and understanding to promote the rights and interests of clients as a lawyer would do in the course of practice; and
* an insight into the way in which doctrinal history and comparative law can aid our understanding of modern legal science and doctrine. |
Assessment Information
| Essay and exam |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Mr Martin Hogg
Tel: (0131 6)50 2071
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Course secretary | Mrs Heather Haig
Tel: (0131 6)50 2053
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