Economic methods for lawyers / Emanuel V. Towfigh, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany; Niels Petersen, University of Münster, Germany ; with contributions by Markus Englerth [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Towfigh, Emanuel Vahid, 1978- author.

Petersen, Niels, author.

Contributor:

Englerth, Markus, contributor.

Edward Elgar Publishing.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and economics.

Law--Economic aspects.

Law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (224 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Responding to the growing importance of economic reasoning in legal scholarship, this innovative work provides an essential introduction to the economic tools, which can usefully be employed in legal reasoning. It is geared specifically towards those without a great deal of exposure to economic thinking and provides law students, legal scholars and practitioners with a practical toolbox to shape their writing, understanding and case preparation.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Economic methods and legal reasoning; 2. The economic paradigm; 3. Demand, supply, and markets; 4. Game theory and collective goods; 5. Contract theory and the economics of contract law; 6. Public and social choice theory; 7. Empirical research and statistics; 8. Behavioral law and economics; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781783471676

1783471670