Summary of Contents
Table of contents;
Preface;
PART I – LAW AND ECONOMICS: AN INTRODUCTION;
Chapter 1: The nature of economic reasoning;
Chapter 2: The economic approach to law;
PART II: THE COMMON LAW;
Chapter 3: Property;
Chapter 4: Contract rights and remedies;
Chapter 5: Family law and sex law;
Chapter 6: Tort law;
Chapter 7: Criminal law;
Chapter 8: The common law, legal history, and jurisprudence;
PART III PUBLIC REGULATION OF THE MARKET;
Chapter 9: The theory of monopoly;
Chapter 10: The antitrust laws –
Chapter 11: The regulation of the employment relation;
Chapter 12: Public utility and common carrier regulation;
Chapter 13: The choice between regulation and common law;
PART IV THE LAW OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATION AND FINANCIAL MARKETS; Chapter 14: Corporations, secured and unsecured financing, bankruptcy;
Chapter 15: Financial markets;
PART V LAW AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH;
Chapter 16: Income inequalities, distributive justice, and poverty;
Chapter 17: Taxation – Chapter 18: The transmission of wealth at death;
PART VI THE LEGAL PROCESS;
Chapter 19: The market, the adversary system, and the legislative process as methods of resource allocation;
Chapter 20: The process of legal rulemaking;
Chapter 21: Civil and criminal procedure;
Chapter 22: Evidence;
Chapter 23: Law enforcement and the administrative process;
PART VII THE CONSTITUTION AND THE FEDERAL SYSTEM;
Chapter 24: The nature and functions of the constitution;
Chapter 25: Economic due process;
Chapter 26: The economics of federalism;
Chapter 27: Racial discrimination;
Chapter 28: The protection of free markets in ideas and religion;
Chapter 29: Searches, seizures, and interrogations;
Table of Cases;
Author Index;
Subject Index.