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• Title:Economic foundations of private law / edited by Richard A. Posner and Francesco Parisi.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Posner, Richard A.
  Parisi, Francesco, 1962-
  
• Published/Created:Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : E. Elgar, ©2002.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: K487.E3 E264 2002 (LC)
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Civil law--Economic aspects.
  Law and economics.
  
• Description:xxix, 669 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
  
• Series:Elgar critical writings reader.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and name index.
  
• ISBN:1843760711
  
• Contents:Economic Foundations of Private Law: An Introduction / Richard A. Posner and Francesco Parisi
  1. Law and Economics Movement / Richard A. Posner
  2. About Law and Economics: A Letter to Ronald Dworkin / Guido Calabresi
  3. Why the Legal System is Less Efficient than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income / Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell
  4. Wealth Maximization Revisited / Richard A. Posner
  5. Economic Analysis of the Courts / William M. Landes
  6. Economic Analysis of Legal Rulemaking / Isaac Ehrlich and Richard A. Posner
  7. Why is the Common Law Efficient? / Paul H. Rubin
  8. Common Law Process and the Selection of Efficient Rules / George L. Priest
  9. Economic Analysis of Legal Disputes and Their Resolution / Robert D. Cooter and Daniel L. Rubinfeld
  10. Problem of Social Cost / R. H. Coase
  11. When Does the Rule of Liability Matter? / Harold Demsetz
  12. Toward a Theory of Property Rights / Harold Demsetz
  13. Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral / Guido Calabresi and A. Douglas Melamed
  14. Economic Basis of Damages for Breach of Contract / John H. Barton
  15. Mistake, Disclosure, Information, and the Law of Contracts / Anthony T. Kronman
  16. Case for Specific Performance / Alan Schwartz
  17. Enforcing Promises: An Examination of the Basis of Contract / Charles J. Goetz and Robert E. Scott
  18. Damage Measures for Breach of Contract / Steven Shavell
  19. Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules / Ian Ayres and Robert Gertner
  20. Positive Economic Theory of Tort Law / William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner
  21. Strict Liability Versus Negligence / Steven Shavell
  22. Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety / Steven Shavell
  23. Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages / Robert D. Cooter.