Economics of the Law: Torts, Contracts, Property and Litigation

Pirmais vāks
Oxford University Press, 1997. gada 20. febr. - 256 lappuses
Over the past two decades, the field of law and economics has matured to the point where scholars have employed the latest economic methods in an effort to understand the nature of legal rules and to guide legal reform. This book is the first to provide a broad survey of this scholarship as it has been applied to problems in torts, contracts, property, and litigation. It will therefore serve as a convenient reference guide to this exciting field.
 

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Introduction
3
The Economics of Tort Law The Basic Model
15
The Economics of Tort Law Extensions
39
The Economics of Contract Law Remedies for Breach
71
The Economics of Contract Law Mistake Impossibility and Other Doctrines
92
The Economics of Property Law
115
Government Taking and Regulation of Private Property
137
The Economics of Litigation and Settlement
156
The Economics of Frivolous Litigation
181
Notes
201
References
220
Index
231
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