{"schemaVersion":1,"recordType":"legal-article","id":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:article:1700","workId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015","expressionId":"law:eri:code:civil:2015:en","title":"General Principle","number":"1700","language":"en","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1700/","hierarchy":{"book":"BOOK V - OBLIGATIONS","title":"TITLE II - NON-CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS","chapter":"Chapter 2. - Unjust Enrichment","section":"Section 1. - General Provisions","paragraph":null},"paragraphs":[{"id":"lead","number":"","text":"Whosoever has derived a gain from the work or property of another without a cause justifying such gain, shall indemnify the person at whose expense he has enriched himself to the extent of the latter’s impoverishment, and within the limit of his own enrichment.","canonicalUrl":"https://eriatlas.com/law/civil-code-2015/article/1700/#lead","sourceTargets":[{"sourceId":"civil-code-2015-en","pdfPage":478,"url":"https://eriatlas.com/sources/civil-code-2015/page/478/?article=1700&paragraph=lead#article-1700-lead"}]}],"caution":"This is the 2015 English-language edition attributed in its front matter to the Ministry of Justice. Eri Atlas has not independently verified the translation, later changes, or whether the text is currently in force. Nine passages are incomplete in the available scan and are identified where they occur."}