The Law of Subrogation

This book offers a rational and systematic account of the doctrine of subrogation within the general law of restitution. It deals fully and analytically with the law in England and the Commonwealth and makes selective use of US decisions. This definitive account will be useful not only to restitution specialists, but also to practitioners concerned with property and commercial law.
This book seeks to rationalize the position of the doctrine of subrogation within the general law of restitution. Within a systematic analytical framework, it gives a full account of the developing English and Commonwealth law of subrogation, and a selctive use is also made of United States decisions. A number of false assumptions which have entered the case-law are exposed, and the principles upon which subrogation should be awarded are set on a regular basis.
Subrogation is a remedy which can be awarded in many different contexts, and this definitive account will be useful not only to restitution lawyers, but also to academics and practitioners concerned with the law of property, commercial law (in particular, the law of insurance, bills of exchange, and
principal and surety), and even family law.