Book contents
- An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law
- An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Table of Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Table of Restatements and Kindred Sources
- Table of EU Legislation
- Table of Roman, Canon Law and Ancient Chinese Sources
- Introductory Readings
- Comparative Private Law
- Part One The Law of Obligations
- Contract Law
- Tort Law
- Unjust Enrichment
- The Law of Property
- Index
Unjust Enrichment
from Part One - The Law of Obligations
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 February 2021
- An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law
- An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Foreword
- Table of Abbreviations
- Table of Cases
- Table of Legislation
- Table of Restatements and Kindred Sources
- Table of EU Legislation
- Table of Roman, Canon Law and Ancient Chinese Sources
- Introductory Readings
- Comparative Private Law
- Part One The Law of Obligations
- Contract Law
- Tort Law
- Unjust Enrichment
- The Law of Property
- Index
Summary
The Romans did not have a general law of unjust enrichment, any more than they had a general law of contract or tort. They recognized a few specific cases in which a party could be given relief. One was negotiorum gestio. A person who performed a service for another who had requested him to do so might be entitled to compensation. He might buy or sell goods for the other person, or pay a debt for him, or repair his roof.1 He could recover if what he did was reasonable, and if it was reasonable for him to do it himself without asking the other party.
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- An Introduction to the Comparative Study of Private LawReadings, Cases, Materials, pp. 526 - 554Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021