Economic Analysis of the Law : Selected Readings.
Title:
Economic Analysis of the Law : Selected Readings.
Author:
Wittman, Donald A.
ISBN:
9781405141925
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (352 pages)
Contents:
Economic Analysis of the Law: Selected Readings -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: Coase Theorem -- 1 The Problem of Social Cost -- 2 The Cost of Coase -- Part II: Property Rights, Liability Rules, and Regulation -- 3 Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral -- 4 Economic Theory of Liability Rules -- 5 Unity in Tort, Contract, and Property: The Model of Precaution -- 6 Coming to the Nuisance -- 7 Liability for Harm versus Regulation of Safety -- Part III: Intellectual Property -- 8 Mistake, Disclosure, Information, and the Law of Contracts -- 9 An Economic Analysis of Copyright Law -- 10 Authors' and Artists' Moral Rights: A Comparative Legal and Economic Analysis -- Part IV: Contracts and Warranties -- 11 A Theory of the Consumer Product Warranty -- 12 Fixed-Price versus Spot-Price Contracts: A Study in Risk Allocation -- 13 The Theory of the Firm and the Structure of the Franchise Contract -- 14 Transaction Cost Determination of "Unfair" Contractual Arrangements -- 15 The Law and Economics Approach to Contract Theory -- Part V: Corporations and Corporate Finance -- 16 Limited Liability in the Theory of the Firm -- 17 Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs, and Ownership Structure -- 18 State Law, Shareholder Protection, and the Theory of the Corporation -- 19 The Proper Role of a Target's Management in Responding to a Tender Offer -- 20 The Regulation of Insider Trading -- 21 Corporate Reorganizations and the Treatment of Diverse Ownership Interests: A Comment on Adequate Protection of Secured Creditors in Bankruptcy -- Part VI: Family Law -- 22 The Economics of the Baby Shortage -- 23 A Market for Babies -- 24 Marriage, Divorce, and Quasi Rents -- Or, "I Gave Him the Best Years of My Life" -- Part VII: Crime and Criminal Law -- 25 Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach.
26 Blackmail, Privacy, and Freedom of Contact -- Part VIII: Norms -- 27 Approximate Optimality of Aboriginal Property Rights -- 28 Property in Land -- 29 Efficient Rules in Highway Safety and Sports Activity -- 30 Rings and Promises -- Index.
Abstract:
Providing students with a solid grounding in the economic analysis of the law, this reader brings together edited versions of diverse and challenging journal articles into a unified collection. Chosen to provoke thought and discussion, these carefully streamlined articles apply economic theories to many aspects of the law, from intellectual property, corporate finance, and contracts to property rights, family law, and criminal law. Provides real-life examples and implications of economic theory. Creates a unified vision of the law, showing the interconnections between the various fields. Covers a broad range of topics, from intellectual property and corporate finance to family and criminal law. Encourages intuitive understanding and applications of the economic principles, due to reduced mathematical content.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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