Includes bibliographical references (p. [641]-651) and index.

The evolution of the species / Francis Rose -- Absence of basis, the new Birksian scheme / Andrew Burrows -- Three enrichment issues / Robert Stevens -- Some thoughts on change of position / Gareth Jones -- The role of fault in the law of restitution / Graham Virgo -- Subrogation : persistent misunderstandings / Charles Mitchell -- Tracing / Lionel Smith -- Gain-based damages and compensation / James Edelman -- Unlawful statutes and mistake of law : is there a smile on the face of Schrödinger's cat? / Jack Beatson -- The further travails of duress / Ewan McKendrick -- Undue influence : beyond impaired consent and wrongdoing towards a relational analysis / Mindy Chen-Wishart -- Unjust enrichment, discharge for breach, and the primacy of contract / Gerard McMeel -- Resulting trusts / Robert Chambers -- Jones v. Jones : property or unjust enrichment? / Peter Millett -- Unjust delivery / William Swadling -- The avoidance of transactions in insolvency proceedings and restitutionary defences / Roy Goode -- Restitution after termination for breach of contract : German law after the reform of 2002 / Reinhard Zimmermann -- No basis : a comparative view / Sonja Meier -- Unjust enrichment as absence of basis : can English law cope? / Gerhard Dannemann -- The fallacy of "restitution for wrongs" / Thomas Krebs -- Peter Birks and Scots enrichment law / Hector MacQueen -- What did Damnum Iniuria actually mean? / Alan Rodger -- The Romanization of Spain : the contribution of city laws in the light of the Lex Irnitana / Joseph Georg Wolf -- Absent parties and bloody-minded judges / Ernest Metzger -- "You can never tell with bees" : good advice from Pooh for students of the Lex Aquilia / Arianna Pretto-Sakmann -- Late arrivals : the appendix in Justinian's Digest reconsidered / Tony Honoré -- Logic and experience in Roman law / David Johnston -- Unjust enrichment : the tenant's tale / Eltjo Schrage -- Bezoar-stones, gall-stones, and gem- stones : a chapter in the history of the tort of deceit / John Baker -- Denials ancient and modern, with some Roman footnotes / Jeffrey Hackney -- Rumford market and the genesis of fiduciary obligations / Joshua Getzler -- Slavery and the Roman law of evidence in eighteenth-century Scotland / John W. Cairns -- Sir William Jones and the nature of law / David Ibbetson -- The publications of Peter Birks, 1969-2005 / compiled by Eric Descheemaeker.