Research handbook on the economics of torts

著者

• Arlen, Jennifer

書誌事項

Research handbook on the economics of torts

edited by Jennifer Arlen

（Research handbooks in law and economics）

Edward Elgar, c2013

• : pbk

注記

Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

The highlight of this intellectually rich volume is the multiple perspectives it offers on the economic analysis of the tort system. In collecting these essays from leading legal scholars, Jennifer Arlen offers a wide range of empirical, institutional, and doctrinal dimensions of economic thought critical to assessing how our socio-legal system addresses the problem of accidental harm. The volume will serve as an invaluable contribution to the literature on the dynamic character of the tort system in action.' - Robert L. Rabin, Stanford Law School, US'An indispensable resource for anyone interested in economic analysis of tort law, and tort law period. Professor Arlen has assembled an academic all-star team, and its members have prepared up-to-date, high quality, and accessible treatments of centrally important topics ranging from causation and damages to vicarious liability and insurance to tort reform and tort alternatives. With respect to the analysis of tort law through the lenses of empirical and microeconomic analysis, this is now the go-to volume.' John Goldberg, Harvard Law School, US 'This Handbook redefines the boundaries of research in the economics of torts by integrating the standard model with a theoretical and empirical analysis of the institutions intervening before (contracts) and after (litigation) the occurrence of harm. It is an essential companion for scholars working in this field and provides plenty of new ideas for further research.' - Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands This pioneering Handbook contains specially-commissioned chapters on tort law from leading experts in the field. This volume evaluates issues of vital importance to those seeking to understand and reform the tort law and the litigation process, taking a multi-disciplinary approach, including theoretical economic analysis, empirical analysis, socio-economic analysis, and behavioral analysis. Topics discussed include products liability, medical malpractice, causation, proximate cause, joint and several liability, class actions, mass torts, vicarious liability, settlement, damage rules, juries, tort reform, and potential alternatives to the tort system. Scholars, students, legal practitioners, regulators, and judges with an interest in tort law, litigation, damages, and reform will find this seminal Handbook an invaluable addition to their libraries. Focusing on issues of vital importance to those seeking to understand and reform the tort system, this volume takes a multi-disciplinary approach, including theoretical economic analysis, empirical analysis, socio-economic analysis, and behavioral analysis of liability rules and the litigation process. Topics discussed include products liability, medical malpractice, causation, proximate cause, joint and several liability, class actions, mass torts, vicarious liability, settlement, damage rules, juries, tort reform, and potential alternatives to the tort system. Scholars, students, law practitioners, regulators, judges and economists with an interest in tort law, litigation, damages, and reform will find this seminal Handbook an invaluable addition to their libraries. Contributors: J. Arlen, L. Babcock, T. Baker, R. Cooter, A.F. Daughety, D. DePianto, S.S. Diamond, T. Eisenberg, R.A. Epstein, J. Furgeson, M.A. Geistfeld, M.F. Grady, L. Hardcastle, M. Heise, E. Helland, D.R. Hensler, K.N. Hylton, L.A. Kornhauser, R. Kraakman, G. Miller, J.F. Reinganum, J.M. Salerno, S.A. Seabury, C.M. Sharkey, P. Siegelman, E.L. Talley, M. Trebilcock, P.-E. Veel, W.K. Viscusi, A.L. Wickelgren, K. Zeiler

目次

Contents: Introduction Jennifer Arlen PART I: OVERVIEW OF TORT LITIGATION 1. Empirical Analysis of Civil Litigation: Tort Trials in State Courts Michael Heise PART II: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LIABILITY 2. Economic Analysis of Medical Malpractice Liability and its Reform Jennifer Arlen 3. Economic Analysis of Products Liability: Theory Andrew F. Daughety and Jennifer F. Reinganum 4. Causation in Tort Law: A Reconsideration Keith N. Hylton 5. Causation and Foreseeability Mark F. Grady 6. Fault Lines in the Positive Economic Analysis of Tort Law Mark A. Geistfeld 7. The Law and Economics of Liability Insurance: A Theoretical and Empirical Review Tom Baker and Peter Siegelman PART III: ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF MULTI-PARTY LITIGATION 8. Economic Analysis of Joint and Several Liability Lewis A. Kornhauser 9. Economic Policy and the Vicarious Liability of Firms Reinier Kraakman 10. Group Litigation in the Enforcement of Tort Law Geoffrey Miller 11. The Socio-economics of Mass Torts: What We Know, Don't Know and Should Know Deborah R. Hensler PART IV: THE LITIGATION PROCESS 12. Law, Economics, and the Burden(s) of Proof Eric L. Talley 13. Law and Economics of Settlement Abraham L. Wickelgren 14. Bounded Rationality in the Settlement Process: Empirical Evidence on the Causes of Settlement Failure in Litigation Linda Babcock and Joshua Furgeson 15. Contingent-fee Contracts in Litigation: A Survey and Assessment Eric Helland and Seth A. Seabury 16. Empirical Analysis of Juries in Tort Cases Shari Seidman Diamond and Jessica M. Salerno PART V: DAMAGES 17. Damages for Incompensable Harms Robert Cooter and David DePianto 18. Empirical Analysis of Tort Damages W. Kip Viscusi 19. Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages: Theory, Empirics, and Doctrine Catherine M. Sharkey PART VI: REFORM OF AND ALTERNATIVES TO THE TORT SYSTEM 20. The Empirical Effects of Tort Reform Theodore Eisenberg 21. Do Damage Caps Reduce Medical Malpractice Insurance Premiums? A Systematic Review of Estimates and the Methods Used to Produce Them Kathryn Zeiler and Lorian Hardcastle 22. No-fault Accident Compensation Systems Michael Trebilcock and Paul-Erik Veel 23. Alternatives and Complements: Liability and Regulation as Remedies for Physical Injury Richard A. Epstein Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB14165225
• ISBN:
  • 9781848441187
  • 9781783471348
• LCCN: 2013942205
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: Cheltenham
• ページ数/冊数: ix, 657 p.
• 大きさ: 25 cm
• 分類:
  • DC23 : 346.7303
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Torts -- United States
  • LCSH : Justice, Administration of -- United States
• 親書誌ID:
  • BB0289432X