The economics of lawmaking / Francesco Parisi, Vincy Fon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Parisi, Francesco, 1962-

Contributor:

Fon, Vincy.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Legislation--Economic aspects.

Legislation.

Law--International unification.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'The Economics of Lawmaking' explores the relative advantages and limits of alternative sources of law. Professors Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon view the sources of law through a law and economics lens, and consider the important issue of institutional design in lawmaking.

Contents:

Lawmaking through legislation : an introduction

Optimal specificity of laws : rules versus standards

Optimal timing of legal intervention : lawmaking under uncertainty

Optimal territorial scope of laws : subsidiarity and legal harmonization

Lawmaking through adjudication : an introduction

Litigation and the evolution of legal remedies

Judicial path-dependence and legal change

Theories of legal precedent : stare decisis and jurisprudence constante

Lawmaking through practice : an introduction

Fostering the emergence of customary law

Customary law and articulation theories

Stability and change in customary law

Lawmaking through agreement : an introduction

Formation and accession to treaties

Ratification and reservations : the effects of reciprocity

The hidden bias of treaty law.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-321) and index.

ISBN:

0-19-045196-3

0-19-987183-3

1-282-73083-5

9786612730832

0-19-970586-0

OCLC:

336426765