Article
Restitution of Non-Gratuitously Conferred Benefit in Malaysia: A Case for Sowing the Unjust Enrichment Seed
Asian Journal of Comparative Law
(2016)
Abstract
This article draws on the common law of unjust enrichment to rationalize and develop the right to recover a non-gratuitously conferred benefit set out in section 71 of Malaysia’s Contracts Act 1950. This attempt at legal transplant and modern restatement is made in the hope of injecting principle and clarity into the antique section with the eventual goal of reviving it for practical and modern use.
Keywords
- Unjust Enrichment,
- Restitution,
- Free Acceptance,
- Malaysian Contracts Act 1950 s 71
Disciplines
Publication Date
2016
DOI
http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=10337015&fulltextType=RA&fileId=S2194607816000077
Citation Information
Alvin W-L See. "Restitution of Non-Gratuitously Conferred Benefit in Malaysia: A Case for Sowing the Unjust Enrichment Seed" Asian Journal of Comparative Law Vol. 11 (2016) p. 141 - 162 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alvinsee/25/