Economic foundations of private law /
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| Imprint: | Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, c2002. |
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| Description: | xxix, 669 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | An Elgar reference collection Elgar critical writings reader Elgar critical writings reader |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4803664 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- The Economic Foundations of Private Law: An Introduction
- Part I. The Methodology of Law and Economics
- 1.. 'The Law and Economics Movement', American Economic Review, 77 (2), May, 1-13 (1987)
- 2.. 'About Law and Economics: A Letter to Ronald Dworkin', Hofstra Law Review, 8 (3), Spring, 553-62 (1980)
- 3.. 'Why the Legal System is Less Efficient than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income', Journal of Legal Studies, XXIII (2), June, 667-81 (1994)
- 4.. 'Wealth Maximization Revisited', Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, 2 (1), Fall, 85-105 (1985)
- Part II. The Efficiency of the Common Law Hypothesis
- 5.. 'An Economic Analysis of the Courts', Journal of Law and Economics, XIV (1), April, 61-107 (1971)
- 6.. 'An Economic Analysis of Legal Rulemaking', Journal of Legal Studies, III (1), January, 257-86 (1974)
- 7.. 'Why is the Common Law Efficient?', Journal of Legal Studies, VI (1), January, 51-63 (1977)
- 8.. 'The Common Law Process and the Selection of Efficient Rules', Journal of Legal Studies, VI (1), January, 65-82 (1977)
- 9.. 'Economic Analysis of Legal Disputes and Their Resolution', Journal of Economic Literature, XXVII, September, 1067-97 (1989)
- Part III. The Coase Theorem and the Economics of Property Rights
- 10.. 'The Problem of Social Cost', Journal of Law and Economics, III, October, 1-44 (1960)
- 11.. 'When Does the Rule of Liability Matter?', Journal of Legal Studies, I (1), January, 13-28 (1972)
- 12.. 'Toward a Theory of Property Rights', American Economic Review, 57 (2), May, 347-59 (1967)
- 13.. 'Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral', Harvard Law Review, 85 (6), April, 1089-128 (1972)
- Part IV. The Economics of Contract Law
- 14.. 'The Economic Basis of Damages for Breach of Contract', Journal of Legal Studies, I (2), June, 277-304 (1972)
- 15.. 'Mistake, Disclosure, Information, and the Law of Contracts', Journal of Legal Studies, VII (1), January, 1-34 (1978)
- 16.. 'The Case for Specific Performance', Yale Law Journal, 89, December, 271-306 (1979)
- 17.. 'Enforcing Promises: An Examination of the Basis of Contract', Yale Law Journal, 89 (7), June, 1261-88 and 1321-2 (1980)
- 18.. 'Damage Measures for Breach of Contract', Bell Journal of Economics, 11 (2), Autumn, 466-90 (1980)
- 19.. 'Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules', Yale Law Journal, 99 (1), October, 87-130 (1989)
- Part V. The Economics of Tort Law and Liability Systems
- 20.. 'The Positive Economic Theory of Tort Law', Georgia Law Review, 15 (4), Summer, 851-924 (1981)
- 21.. 'Strict Liability Versus Negligence', Journal of Legal Studies, IX (1), January, 1-25 (1980)
- 22.. 'Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety', Journal of Legal Studies, XIII (2), June, 357-74 (1984)
- 23.. 'Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages', Southern California Law Review, 56, 79-101 (1982)
- Name Index
