Greater China Legal History Seminar Series – ‘Shanghai in the 1930s, the German Civil Code and the Tragic Story of a Brilliant Legal Mind’ by Prof. Lutz-Christian Wolff (Online)
This seminar aims to address some of the core questions of the law of unjust enrichment by exploring the history of this complex area of law from a comparative perspective with the ultimate goal to show the impact on legal developments up to the present day. Specific topics to be addressed are the historical development of the law of unjust enrichment in Hong Kong, Germany and China, related sources and the specific function of the law of unjust enrichment in these jurisdictions.