Economics of the Law Torts, Contracts, Property and Litigation

by Miceli, Thomas J.

• ISBN13: 9780195103908
• ISBN10: 0195103904
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-02-20
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Over the past two decades, the field of law and economics has matured to the point where scholars have employed the latest economic methods in an effort to understand the nature of legal rules and to guide legal reform. This book is the first to provide a broad survey of this scholarship as it has been applied to problems in torts, contracts, property, and litigation. It will therefore serve as a convenient reference guide to this exciting field.

Author Biography

Thomas J. Miceli is now Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Connecticut.

Table of Contents

For My Mother and the Memory of My Father	p. v
Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 3
the Economics of Tort Law: The Basic Model	p. 15
the Economics of Tort Law: Extensions	p. 39
the Economics of Contract Law: Remedies for Breach	p. 71
the Economics of Contract Law: Mistake, Impossibility, and Other Doctrines	p. 92
The Economics of Property Law	p. 115
Government Taking and Regulation of Private Property	p. 137
The Economics of Litigation and Settlement	p. 156
The Economics of Frivolous Litigation	p. 181
Notes	p. 201
References	p. 220
Index	p. 231
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