On the very first day of high school, my philosophy teacher asked the class what word children repeat most often. The class gave a wide variety of answers until they arrived at the correct one: why?
Human beings can be considered such as long as they ask questions, they are sentient in what they investigate, growing up should not mean diminishing our curiosity but should rather increase; the sciences, even the legal one, stem from wondering how objects, the universe, and society works. The greatest discoveries and evolutions have come from asking the question: why?
I strongly believe that the very moment a legal scholar stops asking the ‘why’ of what he or she applies, he or she loses the sense of it all. That’s my aim, investigate and nurture my legal curiosity, and find bridges of conjuncture and keys to interpretation.
The phenomenon of unjust enrichment involves a particular type of wrongful acts, which, while primarily relevant as sources of Aquilian liability, turn out to be convenient for the injurer. Reference is made to the well-known problem and developments in the common systems of the efficient breach of contract, which seems to be widespread in all common law systems.