INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED LIBRARY

LEGAL STUDIES SUBJECT

LIBRARY GUIDE

RESTITUTION
This guide aims to give a brief introduction to the Library's holdings on RESTITUTION. Please consult
the catalogues and the List of Serials displayed in the reading rooms for complete information on
current titles and locations. If you require further assistance please ask the staff at the Enquiry Desk
on the 4th floor.

1. TEXTBOOKS
The Library classifies textbooks either by jurisdiction (GO13, GA2 etc.) or according to subject area,
examples of which include Comparative law (SG) and Public International Law (SG). Textbooks
on Common Law topics for Common Law jurisdictions (Australia, Canada, New Zealand, UK, USA)
are shelved in a special section (SJ)

There may be further copies of Short Loan textbooks in the Main Collections on the lower floors.
Please check the Catalogue for alternative locations.

Comparative obligations and contracts material is shelved at SB351

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Private international law material about obligation is shelved at SH30
Material about contract, sale, agency and fraud in common law
jurisdictions is shelved at SJ751
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Please see also FOL sections for large size material

Textbooks on restitution include:

Beatson, J. & Friedmann, D. Good faith and fault in contract 1997 SHORT LOAN
(eds.)
Birks, P. An introduction to the law of restitution Rev. ed. SHORT LOAN
1989
Birks, P. Laundering and tracing 1995 SJ75 BIR
Burrows, A. & McKendrick, Cases and materials on the law of restitution 1997 SJ75 BIR
E.
Burrows, A. (ed.) Essays in the law of restitution 1991 SHORT LOAN
Burrows, A. The law of restitution 2nd ed. 2002 SHORT LOAN
Finn, P. (ed.) Essays on restitution 1990 SJ75 FIN
Goff, R. & Jones, G. The law of restitution 5th ed. 1998 SHORT LOAN
Hudson, A. Swaps, restitution and trusts 1999 SJ125 HUD
McMeel, G. Casebook on restitution 1996 SJ175 MAC
Palmer, N. & McKendrick, E. Interests in goods 2nd ed. 1998 SJ325 PAL
Rose, F. (ed.) Failure of contracts 1997 SB35 ROS
Swadling, W. The limits of restitutionary claims 1997 SB35 SWA
Tettenborn, A. Law of restitution in England and Ireland 2nd ed. SJ75 TET
1996
Waters, D. (ed.) Equity, fiduciaries and trusts 1993 SJ200 WAT

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2. LIST OF SERIALS
JOURNAL of contract law GD1.J.66
RESTITUTION law review SB35.J.3
TRUST law international FOL GA2.J.265

Other journals, which include articles on restitution, are:

CAMBRIDGE law journal GA2.J.13

CONVEYANCER and property lawyer GA2.J.4
LAW quarterly review GA2.J.2
LEGAL studies GA2.J.226
LLOYDS maritime and commercial law quarterly SHORT LOAN
JOURNAL of international banking law SHORT LOAN
OXFORD journal of legal studies GA2.J.225
QUEENSLAND university law journal GD1.J.7

3. LEGISLATION AND LAW REPORTS

If you are interested in legislation or cases concerning restitution in specific countries, you will need to
consult the legislation or law reports for that jurisdiction. Consult the List of Serials or Online
Catalogue to find the general classmark for the country you require. Consult consolidations of
legislation, digests or indices to trace particular acts or cases.

A concise introduction to British legislation on restitution is:

McKendrick, E. (ed.) Sweet & Maxwell’s Contract, tort & restitution SJ75 MAC
statutes 2003-4

8/03/2004

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