dc.contributor.author |
Dominiak, Łukasz |
dc.date.accessioned |
2023-03-22T06:44:25Z |
dc.date.available |
2023-03-22T06:44:25Z |
dc.date.issued |
2023-03-22 |
dc.identifier.citation |
Polish Political Science Review, 2022, vol. 10(2), pp. 1-13. |
dc.identifier.issn |
2353-3773 |
dc.identifier.uri |
http://repozytorium.umk.pl/handle/item/6841 |
dc.description |
This research was funded in whole or in part by the National Science Centre, Poland, grant num-
ber 2020/39/B/HS5/00610. For the purpose of Open Access, the author has applied a CC-BY public copy-
right licence to any Author Accepted Manuscript (AAM) version arising from this submission |
dc.description.abstract |
The present paper takes on the question of whether the doctrine of unjust enrichment is compati-
ble with libertarianism. Despite Walter Block’s recent arguments to the contrary, the paper argues
that unless a gain is received in accordance with the libertarian principles of justice, it is without
a basis and thus unjust. This fact alone proves that the concept of unjust enrichment is compatible
with libertarianism. Besides, even though it is true — as Block claims — that forcing the recipient
of an unjust gain to return it or pay for it involves positive duties and is therefore incompatible
with libertarianism, the present paper argues that the practical consequences of this fact would
be negligible, for compensatory schemes would develop on the free market anyway in justice-pre-
serving steps. |
dc.description.sponsorship |
Narodowe Centrum Nauki/National Science Centre |
dc.language.iso |
eng |
dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Polish Political Science Review;10(2) |
dc.rights |
Attribution 3.0 Poland |
dc.rights.uri |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/ |
dc.subject |
ill-gotten gains |
dc.subject |
unjust enrichment |
dc.subject |
libertarianism |
dc.title |
Unjust Enrichment and Libertarianism |
dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/article |