Contracts, torts and criminal law

Author(s)

• Posner, Richard A.
• Parisi, Francesco

Bibliographic Information

Contracts, torts and criminal law

edited by Richard A. Posner and Francesco Parisi

（The international library of critical writings in economics / series editor, Mark Blaug, 81 . Law and economics ; v. 2）（An Elgar reference collection）

E. Elgar, c1997

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This collection presents an authoritative selection of the most important articles in law and economics literature, written by distinguished scholars such as Ronald Coase, Robert Cooter, Henry Manne, Steven Shavell and Oliver Williamson. The articles are arranged by theme into 12 sections, ranging across the entire spectrum of private and public law. 66 articles, dating from 1960 to 1995 Contributors: G. Becker, G. Calabresi, R. Coase, R. Cooter, H. Demsetz, R. Epstein, W. Landes, H. Manne, S. Shavell, G. Stigler, O. Williamson

Table of Contents

Contents: Volume I: Part I: The Law and Economics Movement: History and Methodology Part II: Courts and the Efficiency of the Common Law Part III: Beyond Courts and Legislators: Other Sources of Law Part IV: The Coase Theorem and the Economics of Property Rights * Volume II: Part I: The Economics of Contract Law Part II: Tort Law and Liability Systems Part III: The Economics of Criminal Law and Its Enforcement * Volume III: Part I: The Economics of Family Law Part II: Corporations and Business Law Part III: Constitutional and Statutory Law Part IV: The Economics of Free Speech Part V: Labour Law and Employment Discrimination

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Details

• NCID: BA31558282
• ISBN:
  • 1852789727
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Cheltenham, U.K.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 657 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Law and economics
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10867700
  • BA10867755