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Sale and the warranty of title

Reid, Kenneth. 2019. Sale and the warranty of title. In Helen Scott, Anton Fagan and Graham Bradfield (Eds.), Private Law in a Changing Worl...

Kenneth Reid Kenneth Reid

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Farewell to Unjustified Enrichment?

Jansen, Nils. 2016. Farewell to Unjustified Enrichment? Edinburgh Law Review 20(2):123–48. http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/10.3366/elr.2016...

Nils Jansen Nils Jansen

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Gesetzliche Schuldverhältnisse. Eine Historische Strukturanalyse

Jansen, Nils. 2016. Gesetzliche Schuldverhältnisse. Eine Historische Strukturanalyse. Archiv fuer die civilistische Praxis 216(1):112–233. h...

Nils Jansen Nils Jansen

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The bioarchaeology of South Africa

Perched, inconveniently, at opposite ends of the globe, Scotland and South Africa are nonetheless ‘sisters-in-law’ in the sense that their systems of private law are uncannily close.

Maryna Steyn Maryna Steyn

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Understanding Non-Contractual Obligations: Unjust Enrichment and the Law of Torts in Comparative and Historical Perspective

Whereas the European and South African law of contracts is today seen as normatively integrated part of the law of obligations that can be explained coherently on the basis of an overarching theory or a set of intellectually related principles, the rest of the law of obligations is apparently still understood as resulting from various causes that are normatively independent and difficult to explain.

Nils Jansen Nils Jansen
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