Research Handbook on Law and Time

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Research Handbook on Law and Time

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9781035316755 Edward Elgar Publishing
Edited by Frank Fagan, Associate Professor, South Texas College of Law and Saul Levmore, William B. Graham Distinguished Service Professor of Law, University of Chicago Law School, US
Publication Date: March 2025 ISBN: 978 1 03531 675 5 Extent: c 400 pp
This Research Handbook explores the interactions between law and time, demonstrating how both are pivotal in the organization of human activities, including legal proceedings and societal functions. It expands upon the structural relationship between law and time, examining how societies and legal systems coordinate around timing conventions and how the use of time constraints can alter litigation and deter socially destructive behavior.

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This Research Handbook explores the interactions between law and time, demonstrating how both are pivotal in the organization of human activities, including legal proceedings and societal functions.

The book expands upon the structural relationship between law and time, examining how societies and legal systems coordinate around timing conventions and how the use of time constraints can alter litigation and deter socially destructive behavior. Expert contributors evaluate transition and timing rules, analyzing the ‘dilemma of waiting’, delayed implementation, the use of temporary laws in emergency situations, and third-party losses arising from delays. They also investigate practical issues such as mandatory retirement, how statutes of limitations work, and the impact of legal developments over time.

Illustrating the importance of time in legal processes and decision-making, the Research Handbook on Law and Time is an essential resource for students and scholars of constitutional and administrative law, legal philosophy and legal theory. It is also beneficial to policymakers, judges and practitioners in economics and political science.
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‘A magnificent book, teeming with insights. The essays are absolute gems. This is a defining treatment of some fundamental questions.’
– Cass R. Sunstein, Harvard Law School, USA

‘Poets have called time a river, a thief, even a jet plane that moves too fast. Lawyers constantly confront this golden thread connecting the past, present and future. The Research Handbook on Law and Time offers a groundbreaking exploration of the intricate ties between legal systems and temporal conventions. Through 18 diverse chapters, experts reveal how time influences everything from court proceedings to statutes of limitations and beyond. With insightful analyses on topics like temporary legislation and path dependency, this volume is a compelling examination of how law both structures and is shaped by the passage of time.’
– Ian Ayres, Yale Law School, USA
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