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Restitution is the body of law concerned with taking away gains that someone has wrongfully obtained. This book explains restitution doctrines, remedies, and defenses and illustrates them with examples. It demonstrates that the law of restitution is guided by a manageable and coherent set of principles that have remarkable versatility and power.

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Farnsworth's terrific book covers an amazing amount of material on the law of restitution in a concise, insightful, and appealing fashion. It should contribute greatly to bringing this important branch of the law out of the shadows. --Henry E. Smith, Harvard Law School

"""Immensely important. Farnsworth's book is a major contribution to the field, providing a succinct, clear, and theoretically informed summary of the doctrine. I have little doubt that it will be of frequent use in law schools, courtrooms, and law offices alike, thus providing support to the belated revival of restitution in the United States."" (Hanoch Dagan, Tel-Aviv University)"""

Immensely important. Farnsworth's book is a major contribution to the field, providing a succinct, clear, and theoretically informed summary of the doctrine. I have little doubt that it will be of frequent use in law schools, courtrooms, and law offices alike, thus providing support to the belated revival of restitution in the United States. (Hanoch Dagan, Tel-Aviv University)

Immensely important. Farnsworth's book is a major contribution to the field, providing a succinct, clear, and theoretically informed summary of the doctrine. I have little doubt that it will be of frequent use at law schools, courtrooms, and law offices alike, thus providing support to the belated revival of restitution in the United States. --Hanoch Dagan, Stewart and Judy Colton Professor of Legal Theory and Innovation,

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Ward Farnsworth is dean and the John Jeffers Research Chair in Law at the University of Texas School of Law. He is the author of many books, including The Legal Analyst, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

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