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Happiness and the law / John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur.
LIBRA K380 .B765 2015
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bronsteen, John, author.
- Buccafusco, Christopher, author.
- Masur, Jonathan S., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Happiness.
- Well-being.
- Sociological jurisprudence.
- Physical Description:
- x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- La Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Analyzing laws' effects on well-being
- Measuring happiness
- Well-being analysis
- Well-being analysis vs. cost-benefit analysis
- Viewing two core areas of the law through the lens of hedonics
- Happiness and punishment
- Adaptation, affective forecasting, and civil litigation
- Well-being
- Some problems with preference theories and objective theories
- A hedonic theory of well-being
- Addressing objections to the hedonic theory
- Conclusion: the future of happiness and the law.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780226075495
- 0226075494
- OCLC:
- 878224833
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