Tag: Interdisciplinary Law and Economics

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Historical Synopsis of the Change-Of-Position Doctrine in South African, American and Continental European Laws

Both common-law and civil-law recognize unjust enrichment in their legal systems. Historically however the concept developed along different lines, especially since the European sixteenth Century. These different development paths were influenced by the social thoughts of their times, particularly by the theological and natural law schools then prevalent in Europe, and the societal context in