Research handbook on economic models of law / edited by Thomas J. Miceli, Matthew J. Baker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Miceli, Thomas J.

Baker, Matthew J.

Series:

Research handbooks in law and economics.

Research handbooks in law and economics series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and economics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (382 p.)

Place of Publication:

Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Pub., [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

One of the great successes of the law and economics movement has been the use of economic models to explain the structure and function of broad areas of law. The original contributions to this volume epitomize that tradition, offering state-of-the-art research on the many facets of economic modeling in law.

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; 1. Land assemblage: efficiency and equity in public-private projects; 2. The economics of activity levels in tort liability and regulation; 3. Liability versus regulation for product-related risks; 4. Regulation versus liability: a behavioral economics perspective; 5. Strict liability when victims choose the value of the asset at risk; 6. Incentives for care, litigation, and tort reform under self-serving bias; 7. Tort standards and legal expenditures: a unified model; 8. Litigation success functions

9. The optimal amount of distorted testimony when the arbiter can and cannot commit10. Do exclusionary rules convict the innocent?; 11. Search, seizure and false (?) arrest: an analysis of fourth amendment remedies when police can plant evidence; 12. Crime, expectations, and the deterrence hypothesis; 13. Active courts and menu contracts; 14. The efficiency of affirmative action with purely historical discrimination; 15. The multi-layered action of trademark: meaning, law and market; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78100-015-8