CONTENTS
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Property Law;
2. Definition, Justification, and Emergence of Property Rights;
3. Division of Property Rights;
4. Acquisition and Transfer of Property;
5. Conflict and Cooperation in the Use of Property: The Problem of Externalities;
6. Public Property;
7. Property Rights in Information Part II. Accident Law;
8. Liability and Deterrence: Basic Theory;
9. Liability and Deterrence: Firms;
10. Extensions of the Analysis of Deterrence;
11. Liability, Risk-Bearing, and Insurance;
12. Liability and Administrative Costs;
Part III. Contract Law;
13. Overview of Contracts;
14. Contract Formation;
15. Production Contracts;
16. Other Types of Contract
Part IV. Litigation and the Legal Process;
17. Basic Theory of Litigation;
18. Extensions of the Basic Theory;
19. General Topics on the Legal Process;
Part V. Public Law Enforcement and Criminal Law;
20. Deterrence with Monetary Sanctions;
21. Deterrence with Nonmonetary Sanctions;
22. Extensions of the Theory of Deterrence;
23. Incapacitation, Rehabilitation, and Retribution;
24. Criminal Law;
Part VI. General Structure of the Law;
25. The General Structure of the Law and Its Optimality;
Part VII. Welfare Economics, Morality, and the Law;
26. Welfare Economics and Morality;
27. Implications for the Analysis of Law;
28. Income Distributional Equity and the Law;
29. Concluding Observations References;
Author;
Index Subject;
Index