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.