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Mistake of law and mistake of fact in English law of restitution
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Mistake of law and mistake of fact in English law of restitution
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| title: | Mistake of law and mistake of fact in English law of restitution |
| author: | Halberda Jan 
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| journal title: | Tijdschrift voor Rechtsgeschiedenis = Revue d'Histoire du Droit = The Legal History Review |
| volume: | 82 |
| issue: | 3-4 |
| date of publication : | 2014 |
| year: | 2014 |
| pages: | 261-283 |
| ISSN: |
0040-7585 |
| eISSN: |
1571-8190 |
| DOI: | |
| language: | English |
| journal language: | English |
| abstract in English: | The paper discusses the history of the English law doctrine according to which the mistake of law (error iuris) is a bar for restitution. The author seeks to analyze the premises of mistake that led to recovery of the payment. Since the adjudication of the leading case Bilbie v. Lumley (1802) it was settled by the courts that he who had paid while operating under mistake of fact could demand restitution. On the other hand the one who acted under mistake of law could not. Over the last two centuries, until the ground-breaking decision in Kleinwort Benson Ltd v. Lincoln City Council (1999), the distinction into mistake of law and mistake of fact was very important in cases of undue payment. The author ventures whether there are any foundations for the promotion of the thesis that the aforementioned distinction might be an example of the reception of continental doctrines by the English legal system. |
| keywords in Polish: | error iuris, błąd co do prawa, bezpodstawne wzbogacenie, prawo zobowiązań, common law, historia prawa |
| keywords in English: | error iuris, mistake of law, restitution, unjust enrichment, law of obligations, common law, legal history |
| number of pulisher's sheets: | 1,5 |
| departmental parameterization: | 15 |
| affiliation: | Wydział Prawa i Administracji : Katedra Powszechnej Historii Państwa i Prawa |
| type: | journal article |
| subtype: | academic paper |
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Projekt „Repozytorium otwartego dostępu do dorobku naukowego i dydaktycznego UJ” współfinansowany w ramach poddziałania 2.3.1 „Cyfrowe udostępnianie zasobów nauki” Programu Operacyjnego Polska Cyfrowa z Europejskiego Funduszu Rozwoju Regionalnego i budżetu państwa na podstawie umowy o dofinansowanie nr POPC.02.03.01-00-0030/17-00
