Criminal law and economics
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Criminal law and economics
（Encyclopedia of law and economics, v. 3）
E. Elgar, c2009
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Criminal Law and Economics applies economic theory to explain crime, law enforcement, criminal law and criminal procedure. This pathbreaking book draws together sixteen chapters by leading scholars in the field, summarizing theoretical and empirical work researched to date on criminal law and economics. The topics range from private and public enforcement of the law, criminal procedure and regulation to terrorism, cyber crime and tax evasion. The expert contributors also cover the political economy of criminal law as well as behavioral criminal law and economics.
This updated state-of-the-art reference book on criminal law will be an excellent tool for scholars and graduate students in law and economics.
Table of Contents
Contents:
Introduction
1. Public Enforcement of Law
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell
2. Private Enforcement of Law
Reza Rajabiun
3. Criminal Law and Regulation
Anthony Ogus
4. Criminal Law and Torts
Antony Dnes
5. Criminal Procedure
Thomas J. Miceli
6. Plea-Bargaining and Prosecution
Oren Gazal-Ayal and Limor Riza
7. Political Economy of Criminal Procedure
Keith N. Hylton and Vikramaditya S. Khanna
8. The Economics of Capital Punishment
Joanna M. Shepherd
9. Corporate Crime
Wallace P. Mullin and Christopher M. Snyder
10. Organized Crime
Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas
11. Corruption
Roger Bowles
12. Tax Evasion and Avoidance
Luigi Alberto Franzoni
13. Environmental Crimes
Michael Faure
14. Cyber Crime
Mark A. Cohen
15. Terrorism
Nuno Garoupa, Jonathan Klick and Francesco Parisi
16. Behavioral Criminal Law and Economics
Richard H. McAdams and Thomas S. Ulen
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"
