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Georgakopoulos, Nicholas Leonidas.

Principles and methods of law and economics : basic tools for normative reasoning / Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos. - 1st ed. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xiv, 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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;
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 spread sheets;
13. Statistics;
14. Conclusion : importing methodological innovations;
Appendices;
Index.


ISBN: 0521826810 (hardcover) 0521534119 (pbk.)

LCCN: 2004029141

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law and economics.
Law--Methodology.
Economics--Mathematical models.

LC Class. No.: K487.E3 / G468 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 330 GEO-2