Handbook of law and economics Volume 1
v. 1. Contract law / Benjamin E. Hermalin, Avery W. Katz, Richard Craswell -- Liability for accidents / Steven Shavell -- Property law / Dean Lueck, Thomas Miceli -- Litigation / Kathryn E. Spier -- Empirical study of the civil justice system / Daniel P. Kessler, Daniel L. Rubinfeld -- The theory of...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Amsterdam
Elsevier
2007, 2007
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| Series: | Handbooks in economics
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| Collection: | Elsevier Handbooks in Economics - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | v. 1. Contract law / Benjamin E. Hermalin, Avery W. Katz, Richard Craswell -- Liability for accidents / Steven Shavell -- Property law / Dean Lueck, Thomas Miceli -- Litigation / Kathryn E. Spier -- Empirical study of the civil justice system / Daniel P. Kessler, Daniel L. Rubinfeld -- The theory of public enforcement of law / A. Mitchell Polinsky, Steven Shavell -- Empirical study of criminal punishment / Steven D. Levitt, Thomas J. Miles -- Environmental law / Richard L. Revesz, Robert N. Stavins -- Regulation of health, safety, and environmental risks / W. Kip Viscusi -- Taxation / Louis Kaplow -- International law / Alan O. Sykes. Law can be viewed as a body of rules and legal sanctions that channel behavior in socially desirable directions - for example, by encouraging individuals to take proper precautions to prevent accidents or by discouraging competitors from colluding to raise prices. The incentives created by the legal system are thus a natural subject of study by economists. Moreover, given the importance of law to the welfare of societies, the economic analysis of law merits prominent treatment as a subdiscipline of economics. Our hope is that this two volume Handbook will foster the study of the legal system by economists. *The two volumes form a comprehensive and accessible survey of the current state of the field. *Chapters prepared by leading specialists of the area. *Summarizes received results as well as new developments |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Physical Description: | 1 volume illustrations |
| ISBN: | 0080554245 0444512357 9780444512352 9780080554242 |