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    Law and economics in a nutshell / Jeffrey L. Harrison.

    • Title:Law and economics in a nutshell / Jeffrey L. Harrison.
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    • Author/Creator:Harrison, Jeffrey L., 1946- author.
    • Published/Created:St. Paul, MN : West Academic Publishing, [2016]
      ©2016
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Law and economics.
      Law--Economic aspects--United States.
    • Edition:Sixth edition.
    • Description:xvi, 478 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
    • Series:Nutshell series.
    • Summary:"This guide provides expert coverage of the classic issues, including basic price theory; definitions of efficiency; the Coase Theorem; and the economics of contract law, tort law, criminal law, regulation, antitrust, and intellectual property. The text also discusses less conventional topics such as public choice, what it means to be a rational maximizer of self-interest, the assumptions underlying economic analysis as applied to law, limitations on the application of economic theory to law, the theory of second best, the prisoner's dilemma, the economics of marriage, the economics of inheritance, evolutionary theories of law, the economics of settlement, and the implications of recent research into happiness"--Publisher description.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:9781634603102
      1634603109
    • Contents:Introduction
      Economic tools and concepts
      Normative and behavioral complications in the application of economics to law
      The Coase Theorem and related property issues
      The economics of enforcing promises
      Economics of tort law
      The economics of settlements
      Economic analysis of criminal law
      The economics of antitrust
      The economics of government regulation
      Intellectual property
      The evolution of law
      Tax policy and taxes on intergenerational transfers
      Marriage and divorce
      Public choice.
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