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9781845424428

The Evolution of Efficient Common Law

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    9781845424428

  • ISBN10:

    1845424425

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2007-04-07
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
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Table of Contents

Why is the common law efficientp. 3
The common law process and the selection of efficient rulesp. 16
An economic theory of the evolution of common lawp. 34
A strictly evolutionary model of common lawp. 48
Adjudication as a private goodp. 61
Can litigation improve the law without the help of judgesp. 111
Common law and statute lawp. 136
The common law as central economic planningp. 155
Evolutionary models in economics and law : cooperation versus conflict strategiesp. 189
Bias in the evolution of legal rulesp. 249
Chaos and evolution in law and economicsp. 283
Path dependence in the law : the course and pattern of legal change in a common law systemp. 311
The role of lawyers in changing the lawp. 379
Litigation and the evolution of legal remedies : a dynamic modelp. 404
The spontaneous evolution of commercial lawp. 421
Dispute and its resolution : delineating the economic role of the common lawp. 439
Evolution of rules in a common law system : differential litigation of the fee tail and other perpetuitiesp. 460
Information, litigation, and common law evolutionp. 484
Law and financep. 513
The common law and economic growth : hayek might be rightp. 559
The rise and fall of efficiency in the common law : a supply-side analysisp. 582
Micro and macro legal efficiency : supply and demandp. 667
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