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Law and Economics

9781852789725 Edward Elgar Publishing

The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series

Edited by Richard A. Posner, retired Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and formerly Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Law School, US and Francesco Parisi, Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, US and Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy

Publication Date: 1997 ISBN: 978 1 85278 972 5 Extent: 2,056 pp

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.

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‘In the context of the Elgar reference collection, a remarkable compendium of law and economics has just appeared in three volumes collecting all the requisite articles that, from the point of view of a scholar trained in the American law and economics tradition, would be relevant to be considered. . . . I consider this a very important contribution to the tool shed of the law and economics practitioner.’
– Jürgen Backhaus, European Journal of Law and Economics

‘This book is a useful addition to the literature on legal economics. . . . It deserves to be a required reading for a foundations course in legal studies and public policy analysis.’
– M. Ahsan Habib, Bimonthly Review of Law Books

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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

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