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Report 53 (1987) - Community Law Reform Program: Eleventh Report - Restitution Of Benefits Conferred Under Mistake Of Law

Appendix B - Select Bibliography

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History of this Reference (Digest)


I. REPORTS

 
Law Reform Commission of British ColumbiaReport on Benefits Conferred under a Mistake of Law (1981).

 

Law Reform Commission of British ColumbiaReport on the Recovery of Unauthorised Disbursements of Public Funds (1980).

 

Law Reform Committee of South AustraliaReport Relating to the lrrecoverability of Benefits Obtained by Reason of Mistake of Law (1984) (84th Report).

 

New York Law Revision CommissionAct, Recommendations and Study relating to Restitution of Money Paid Under Mistake of Law Legislative Document (1942) No 65(B).

 

 

II. BOOKS AND JOURNAL ARTICLES

American Law InstituteRestatement of the Law of Restitution (1937) esp Chapter 2, Topic 3.

 

Beatson, J and Bishop, W"Mistaken Payments in the Law of Restitution" (1986) 36 U Tor LJ 149.

 

Birks, P"Restitution from Public Authorities" (1980) 33 CLP 191.

 

Birks, PAn Introduction to the Law of Restitution Oxford (1985).

 

Cameron, B J"Paymefits Made Under Mistake" (1959) 35 NZLJ 4.

 

Crawford, B"Restitution: Mistake of Law and Practical Compulsion" (1967) 17 U Tor LJ 344.

 

Cuthbertson, D"The Principle of Voluntary Payment in Quasi-Contract" (1967) 5 UQLJ 288.

 

Field, Oliver PThe Effect of an Unconstitutional Statute (1971) esp chap 9 (“Mistake of law and unconstitutional statutes: payments and services”).

 

Fridman, G H L and McLeod, James GRestitution 1982 The Carswell Co Ltd.

 

Garner, J F"Mistake of Law and Mistake of Fact" (1964) 108 Sol Jo 228.

 

Goff, Lord of Chieveley and Jones, GThe Law of Restitution Sweet & Maxwell 3rd ed (1986) esp Chapter 4.

 

Hardingham, I JRecovery of Taxes by the Taxpayer" (1971) 2 Australian Current Law Review 199.

 

Jackson, R MThe History of Quasi-Contract in English Law Cambridge (1936).

 

Knutson, William E"Mistake of Law Payments in Canada: A Mistaken Principle?" (1979), 10 Manetiba LJ 23.

 

Lange, Donald J"Statutory Reform of the Law of Mistake" (1980), 18 Osgoode Hall LJ 428.

 

Lingard, J R"Payment by Mistake in Quasi Contract" (1964) 27 Mod L Rev 35.

 

McCamus, J"Restitutionary Recovery of Moneys Paid to a Public Authority Under a Mistake of Law" Ignorantia Juris in Supreme Court of Canada (1983) 17 UBC Law Review 233.

 

McKenna, Brien"Mistake of Law Between Statutory Bodies and Private Citizens" (1979) 37 U of T Fac L Rev 223, 278.

 

McTurnan, L B"An approach to Common Mistake in English law" (1963) 41 Can Bar Rev 1

 

Marean, B E"Restitution for Money Paid Under Mistake of Law" (1968) 19 Hastings LJ 1225.

 

Needham, Caroline A"Mistaken Payments: A New Look at an Old Theme" (1978), UBC Law Review 159.

 

Nicholson, K G"Recovery of Money Paid Under a Mistake of Fact" (1986) 60 ALJ 459.

 

Note"Rights arising from mistake of law" (1907-1908) 21 Harv L Rev 225.

 

Note"Mistake of Law: A Suggested Rationale" (1931) 45 Harv L Rev 336.

 

Palmer, G EThe Law of Restitution (1978) Vol III para 14.27.

 

Pannam, C"The Recovery of Unconstitutional Taxes in Australia and the United States" (1961) 42 Tex L Rev 777.

 

Smith, Bryant"Correcting Mistakes of Law in Texas" (1931) 9 Texas L Rev 309.

 

Stadden, C M"Error of Law" (1907) 7 Col L Rev 476.

 

Stark, J G and Higgins, P F PCheshire & Fifoot Law of Contract 4th Aust ed paras 2817-2830.

 

Stoljar, S JThe Law of Quasi-Contract (1964) at 43-49.

 

Sutton, R J"Kelly v Solari: The Justification of the Ignoratia Juris Rule" (1967) 2 NZUL Rev 173.

 

Sutton, R J"Mistake of Law - Lifting of the Lid of Pandora's Box" in J F Northey ed The A G Davis Essays in Law, Butterworths (1965) at 218.

 

Sutton, R JUnjust Enrichments" (1983) 5 Otago Law Rev 187.

 

Wright, H F"Should Money Paid Under a Mistake of Law Be Recoverable" (1923) 9 Virginia L Rev 126.

 

Winfield, P H"Mistake of Law" (1943) 59 LQR 327.

 

Woodward, F"Recovery of Money paid under Mistake of Law" (1905) 5 Colum L Rev 366.

 

 


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Chapter 1 | Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 4 | Chapter 5
Appendix A | Appendix B | Appendix C | Appendix D | Appendix E

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