36 Non-contractual obligations

The DCFR also covers other private law rights and obligations within its scope even if they do not arise from a contract. It covers, for example, those arising as the result of an unjustified enrichment, of damage caused to another and of benevolent intervention in another's affairs. It also covers obligations which a person might have, for example, by virtue of being in possession of assets subject to proprietary security or by virtue of being a trustee. It thus embraces non-contractual obligations to a far greater extent than the PECL. It is noted below (paragraphs 44&46) that Book III contains some general rules which are applicable to all obligation within the scope of the DCFR, whether contractual or not. The advantage of this approach is that the rules in Book III can be taken for granted, or slightly modified where appropriate, in the later Books on non-contractual matters. The alternative would be an unacceptable amount of unnecessary repetition.