[PDF] Economic Foundations Of Law And Organization eBook

Author : Donald Wittman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 379 pages
File Size : 43,31 MB
Release : 2006-06-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521859174

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This book serves as a compact introduction to the economic analysis of law and organization. At the same time it covers a broad spectrum of issues. It is aimed at undergraduate economics students who are interested in law and organization, law students who want to know the economic basis for the law, and students in business and public policy schools who want to understand the economic approach to law and organization. The book covers such diverse topics as bankruptcy rules, corporate law, sports rules, the organization of Congress, federalism, intellectual property, crime, accident law, and insurance. Unlike other texts on the economic analysis of law, this text is not organized by legal categories but by economic theory. The purpose of the book is to develop economic intuition and theory to a sufficient degree so that one can apply the ideas to a variety of areas in law and organization.

Author : Stephen J. Spurr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 550 pages
File Size : 45,91 MB
Release : 2010-06-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136937617

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Economic Foundations of Law (2nd ed.) provides an economic analysis of the major areas of the law: property law, torts, contracts, criminal law, civil procedure, corporation law and financial markets, taxation and labor law. In line with current trends in legal scholarship, discussion is focused on economic principles such as risk aversion, efficiency, opportunity cost, moral hazard, rent-seeking behaviour and economies of scale. Accessible, comprehensive and well written, this book uses extensive practical examples and explanations to illustrate key points. There are numerous applications to lawyers and the legal profession, with detailed discussions of subjects as diverse as the proposed market for transplantable human organs, the market for adoptions, the market for bail bonds, the unanticipated effects of Megan’s law, and issues of racial profiling. Fully updated and revised, a new chapter on labor law has also been included.

Author : Stephen J. Spurr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 29,28 MB
Release : 2019-02-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1351239767

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The third edition of Economic Foundations of Law introduces readers to the economic analysis of the major areas of the law: property law, torts, contracts, criminal law, civil procedure, corporation law and financial markets, taxation, and labor law. No prior knowledge of law is required, but a prior course in the principles of microeconomics would be quite helpful. The text opens with a review of the basic principles of price theory and an overview of the legal system, to ensure readers are equipped with the tools necessary for economic analysis of the law. The third edition provides expanded or new coverage of key topics including intellectual property law, how the creation of new forms of property rights affects the conservation of species such as elephants and fish, controversies involving liability for medical malpractice and class actions, the transformation of personal injury litigation by the intervention of insurance companies as plaintiffs, how to predict the outcome of litigation with game theory, an economic analysis of the ownership and use of guns, bankruptcy law, and the economics of bank regulation. Comprehensive and well-written, this text is a compelling introduction to law and economics that is accessible to both economics and law students.

Author : Richard A. Posner
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 720 pages
File Size : 50,53 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :

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The articles are arranged by theme, with topics including the methodological foundations of law and economics, the efficiency of the common law hypothesis, the economics of property law and the Coase theorem, the economics of contracts and the economics of tort law.

Author : Mark D. White
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 43,14 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0521889553

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A book-length examination of the methodology and philosophy of law and economics.

Author : Stephen Spurr
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 303 pages
File Size : 47,39 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0415778522

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Economic Foundations of Law (2nd ed.) provides an economic analysis of the major areas of the law: property law, torts, contracts, criminal law, civil procedure, corporation law and financial markets, taxation and labor law. In line with current trends in legal scholarship, discussion is focused on economic principles such as risk aversion, efficiency, opportunity cost, moral hazard, rent-seeking behaviour and economies of scale. Accessible, comprehensive and well written, this book uses extensive practical examples and explanations to illustrate key points. There are numerous applications to lawyers and the legal profession, with detailed discussions of subjects as diverse as the proposed market for transplantable human organs, the market for adoptions, the market for bail bonds, the unanticipated effects of Meganâe(tm)s law, and issues of racial profiling. Fully updated and revised, a new chapter on labor law has also been included.

Author : David Collins
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 29,64 MB
Release : 2019-12-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 1788975693

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This introductory textbook explores the key legal principles and institutions that underpin the global economy. Featuring discussion of the economic rationale and social impact of the various legal regimes, Professor David Collins explores the four main pillars in international economic law: international trade, international investment, monetary relations, and development.

Author : Steven Shavell
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 760 pages
File Size : 42,64 MB
Release : 2009-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 0674043499

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What effects do laws have? Do individuals drive more cautiously, clear ice from sidewalks more diligently, and commit fewer crimes because of the threat of legal sanctions? Do corporations pollute less, market safer products, and obey contracts to avoid suit? And given the effects of laws, which are socially best? Such questions about the influence and desirability of laws have been investigated by legal scholars and economists in a new, rigorous, and systematic manner since the 1970s. Their approach, which is called economic, is widely considered to be intellectually compelling and to have revolutionized thinking about the law. In this book Steven Shavell provides an in-depth analysis and synthesis of the economic approach to the building blocks of our legal system, namely, property law, tort law, contract law, and criminal law. He also examines the litigation process as well as welfare economics and morality. Aimed at a broad audience, this book requires neither a legal background nor technical economics or mathematics to understand it. Because of its breadth, analytical clarity, and general accessibility, it is likely to serve as a definitive work in the economic analysis of law.