Law and Economics

Law and Economics
ISBN-10
067346332X
ISBN-13
9780673463326
Series
Law and Economics
Category
Business & Economics / Economics / General
Pages
481
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Addison-Wesley
Authors
Robert Cooter, Thomas Ulen

Description

Providing students with a method to apply economic analysis to the study of legal rules and institutions, this work uses recent advances in microeconomics to develop economic theories in four cores areas of the law - property, contracts, torts and crime. The book features a discussion of the use of game theory to understand the law. It also includes empirical literature on such topics as product liability, medical malpractice and crime and punishment.

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