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Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law
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© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. SUMMARY OF CONTENTS vii
  3. Contents xi
  4. Preface xix
  5. 1. Introduction 1
  6. I. PROPERTY LAW
  7. 2. Definition, Justification, and Emergence of Property Rights 7
  8. 3. Division of Property Rights 27
  9. 4. Acquisition and Transfer of Property 33
  10. 5. Conflict and Cooperation in the Use of Property: The Problem of Externalities 77
  11. 6. Public Property 110
  12. 7. Property Rights in Information 137
  13. II. ACCIDENT LAW
  14. 8. Liability and Deterrence: Basic Theory 175
  15. 9. Liability and Deterrence: Firms 207
  16. 10. Extensions of the Analysis of Deterrence 224
  17. 11. Liability, Risk-Bearing, and Insurance 257
  18. 12. Liability and Administrative Costs 280
  19. III. CONTRACT LAW
  20. 13. Overview of Contracts 289
  21. 14. Contract Formation 325
  22. 15. Production Contracts 338
  23. 16. Other Types of Contract 368
  24. IV. LITIGATION AND THE LEGAL PROCESS
  25. 17. Basic Theory of Litigation 387
  26. 18. Extensions of the Basic Theory 419
  27. 19. General Topics on the Legal Process 444
  28. V. PUBLIC LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL LAW
  29. 20. Deterrence with Monetary Sanctions 471
  30. 21. Deterrence with Nonmonetary Sanctions 492
  31. 22. Extensions of the Theory of Deterrence 515
  32. 23. Incapacitation, Rehabilitation, and Retribution 531
  33. 24. Criminal Law 540
  34. VI. GENERAL STRUCTURE OF THE LAW
  35. 25. The General Structure of the Law and Its Optimality 569
  36. VII. WELFARE ECONOMICS, MORALITY, AND THE LAW
  37. 26. Welfare Economics and Morality 593
  38. 27. Implications for the Analysis of Law 613
  39. 28. Income Distributional Equity and the Law 647
  40. 29. Concluding Observations 661
  41. References 675
  42. Author Index 721
  43. Subject Index 733
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