Economic analysis of accident law / Steven Shavell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shavell, Steven, 1946-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liability (Law)--Economic aspects.

Liability (Law).

Law and economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii,312p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Accident law, if properly designed, is capable of reducing the incidence of mishaps by making people act more cautiously. Scholarly writing on this branch of law traditionally has been concerned with examining the law for consistency with felt notions of right and duty. Since the 1960's, however, a group of legal scholars and economists have focused on identifying the effects of accident law on people's behavior. Steven Shavell's book is the definitive synthesis of research to date in this new field.

Contents:

Front matter

Preface

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Liability and Deterrence: Basic Theory

3. Liability of Firms

4. Factors Bearing on the Determination of Negligence

5. Causation and the Scope of Liability

6. The Magnitude of Liability: Damages

7. Other Topics in Liability

8. The Allocation of Risk and the Theory of Insurance

9. Liability, Risk-bearing, and Insurance: Basic Theory

10. Liability, Risk-bearing, and Insurance: Extensions to the Basic Theory

11. Liability and Administrative Costs

12. Liability versus Other Approaches to the Control of Risk

13. Critical Comments

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliography: p301-308. _ Includes index.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9780674043510

0674043510

OCLC:

1013960742