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

By: Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiv, 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521826810 (hardcover)
  • 0521534119 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 GEO-1 22
LOC classification:
  • K487.E3 G468 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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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.

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