Property law and economics
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Bibliographic Information
Property law and economics
(Encyclopedia of law and economics, v. 5)
Edward Elgar, c2010
Available at 16 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The discipline of law and economics has earned a reputation for developing plausible and empirically testable theories on the social functions and the impact of legal institutions. Property rights are a field in which this has been very successful. In this book, economic property rights theories are applied to case law in order to examine the practice and solution of real life conflicts. The author examines the economic problems which are dealt with in these cases and evaluate the courts' decisions from an economic angle.
Cases are examined from across the UK, the US, Germany, Belgium and Canada to allow international comparisons to be made. These comparisons reveal that, regardless of the legal system, many legal issues have similar economic roots and therefore similar models of economic analysis can be applied. The analysis of these cases also shows that the discipline of law and economics is not only successful in developing explanatory models but also useful to generate better considerations and solutions for legal conflicts in individual cases.
This book aims to bridge the gap between the academic and professional literature and demonstrate the benefits of the economic analysis of property rights cases to all those who are interested in law and economics.
Table of Contents
Contents:
1. Introduction
Boudewijn Bouckaert
2. Property Rights in Legal History
Kim Hoofs
3. Property Rights: A Comparative View
Sjef van Erp and Bram Akkermans
4. Private and Common Property Rights
Elinor Ostrom and Charlotte Hess
5. Original Assignment of Private Property
Boudewijn Bouckaert
6. Decomposition of Property Rights
Jeffrey Evans Stake
7. Nuisance
Timothy Swanson and Andreas Kontoleon
8. Adverse Possession
Ben Depoorter
9. Title Systems and Recordation of Interests
Boudewijn Bouckaert
10. The Economics of Slavery
Jenny Wahl
11. New Forms of Private Property: Property Rights in Environmental Goods
Daniel H. Cole
12. Security Interests, Creditors' Priorities, and Bankruptcy
James W. Bowers
Index
by "Nielsen BookData"