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Principles and methods of law and economics : basic tools for normative reasoning / Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos

By: Publication details: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 378 p. : 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780521534116 (pbk)
  • 0521534119 (pbk)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 GEO
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Contents:
Preface- Introduction: Innovation in Legal Thinking- Part I : Principles- 1. From formal logic to normative reasoning- 2. Social welfare versus moral philosophy- 3. From political philosophy to game theory- 4. The importance of distribution of wealth- 5. Coase and law's irrelevance- 6. More failures of Coasean irrelevance- Part II : Methods- 7. Mathematical modelling- 8. Confronting uncertainty : basic probability theory- 9. Advanced probability : distributions as the shape of randomness- 10. How to price uncertainty : finance- 11. Finance and probability : options and derivatives- 12. Using spreadsheets- 13. Statistics- 14. Conclusion : importing methodological innovations- Appendices- Index.
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Preface-
Introduction: Innovation in Legal Thinking-
Part I : Principles-
1. From formal logic to normative reasoning-
2. Social welfare versus moral philosophy-
3. From political philosophy to game theory-
4. The importance of distribution of wealth-
5. Coase and law's irrelevance-
6. More failures of Coasean irrelevance-
Part II : Methods-
7. Mathematical modelling-
8. Confronting uncertainty : basic probability theory-
9. Advanced probability : distributions as the shape of randomness-
10. How to price uncertainty : finance-
11. Finance and probability : options and derivatives-
12. Using spreadsheets-
13. Statistics-
14. Conclusion : importing methodological innovations-
Appendices-
Index.