Equity, the Judicature Acts and Restitution

Journal of Equity, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 199-227, 2011

Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 11/105

29 Pages Posted: 17 Dec 2011 Last revised: 25 Nov 2020

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Mark Leeming

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law

Date Written: December 15, 2011

Abstract

What did the Judicature legislation do? What relevance does it have to current debates on the relationship between equity and restitution? Most of this article (sections 2-8) provides, largely by reference to primary materials, a contextual account of the English Judicature legislation of 1873 and 1875, and its New South Wales counterparts of 1970 and 1972, in order to answer the first question. The final section of this article (section 9) contends that the Judicature Acts have nothing to do with attempts to reformulate parts of common law and equity by reference to a unifying principle of unjust enrichment.

Keywords: Equity, Judicature legislation, Fusion, Restitution, Judicature, Bleak House, Fusion Fallacy

JEL Classification: K10, K30

Suggested Citation

Leeming, Mark, Equity, the Judicature Acts and Restitution (December 15, 2011). Journal of Equity, Vol. 5, No. 3, pp. 199-227, 2011, Sydney Law School Research Paper No. 11/105, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1973391

Mark Leeming (Contact Author)

The University of Sydney - Faculty of Law ( email )

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The University of Sydney
Sydney, NSW 2006
Australia

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