Talk:Unjust enrichment

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I am thinking of doing a thorough overhaul of this page and linking it more closely to the page on restitution. This would probably involve large-scale alterations to the introductory section on the unjust enrichment page. I would leave the section on the United States entirely intact as I am English and would not be qualified to amend it. The structure I propose to use is explained on the discussion part of the restitution page. Any objections?

As proposed, I have now amended this page. Comments and complaints are welcome. --Tinnymeup 23:43, 25 January 2006 (UTC)

Overall I think this is a great article. My only complaint is about the unusual and inexplicable focus on the concept of Unjust Enrichment in North Dakota of all places. Why is this included? It just seems to have the potential of unnecessarily confusing all of us non-North Dakotans in both the Civil and Common Law world. Unjust Enrichment is a concept applied in the legal systems of a vast array of Western legal jurisdictions, and should be described as such. But like I said, other than that, the author of this article did a great job. Loomis51 20:28, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

Thanks. I agree that the section on North Dakota is a bit out of place. It pre-dates my involvement with this page (it is the only bit i did not re-write) and I didn't know whether it was ok to just go ahead and delete it. Certainly I have no objections to getting rid of it if everyone thinks it should go. --Tinnymeup 21:14, 15 March 2006 (UTC)

I agree - great page whoever did it [presumably someone else who studied at the feet of Peter Birks from its tenor... :-)], but I'd personally like to see a merger between "unjust enrichment" and "restitution". Personally, I'd redirect restitution here, with perhaps just a couple of explantatory comments about the concept of the remedy (restitution) and the wrong (unjust enrichment). Might also benefit from (i) a quick summary of the development of a separate concept of the law of restitution, and (ii) a brief synopsis of proprietary and personal remedies in this field [but don't take that as a criticism]. Legis 13:53, 12 June 2006 (UTC)

This is a very good article, as are several others on the subject of remedies that I assume are by the same author. Thanks. I visit Wikipedia everyday, but am disappointed with articles nearly as often. This is one of the best that I have ever seen. My only suggestion...please keep going. Among other things, there should be much better pages on the subject of remedies in general, and damages in particular. If you have time, of course ... :) 66.171.197.20 01:22, 28 July 2006 (UTC)