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Law and economics

Harrison Jeffrey L

Law and economics - New York W W Norton & Company 2008 - 552p xxi

Contents: Introducing law and economics --
Tools for the economic analysis of law --
Private property and public goods : an introduction --
Externalities --
The coase theorem --
Government takings and compensation --
"Price" regulation --
Intellectual property --
The economic functions of contract law --
Promisory estoppel --
Contract law and distributive issues --
The economics of contract remedies --
Torts : the economics of liability rules --
Compensatory damages --
Punitive damages --
Products liability --
Malpractice --
Why criminalize? --
The rational criminal --
Efficient levels of deterrence --
Empirical evidence --
The value of a case --
The economics of settlements --
The evolution of law --
Behavioral assumptions and related questions.

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