Mapping the Law Essays in Honour of Peter Birks

This collection of essays celebrates the life and work of Peter Birks. Widely known as one of the most prolific legal scholars for over twenty years, his contribution to English obligations law is legendary. He was Founder of the Clarendon Law Lectures, editor of the Clarendon Law Series, editor of the Oxford English Law Series, and author of several works on the English law of restitution, comparative restitution, and unjust enrichment. The works in this volume cover the English law of unjust enrichment and restitution, comparative perspectives on unjust enrichment and restitution, Roman law, and legal history, reflecting the range on Peter Birks' work and influence. As one of the most distinguished academic lawyers of his generation Peter Birks' contribution to legal scholarship grew to be recognized as one of the most outstanding by a British jurist in the second half of the twentieth century. This collection acknowledges and pays tribute to Peter Birks' work.

Andrew Burrows is Norton Rose Professor of Financial and Commercial Law, and Fellow of St Hughes College, Oxford. He has contributed to Chitty on Contracts (29th edition, Sweet and Maxwell, 2004) and is the author of Remedies for Torts and Breach of Contract (3rd edition, Oxford 2004). Lord Rodger is Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, a Fellow of the British Academy, President of the Expert Witness Institute, and Honourary Professor of Law at the Universities of Aberdeen and Glasgow. He has authored Owners and Neighbours in Roman Law (Oxford, 1972).