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The Economic structure of the law : the collected economic essays of Richard A. Posner, volume one / Richard A. Posner; edited by Francesco Parisi.
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Publication details:
Cheltenham, Gloustershire. : Edward Elgar, 2000.
Record id:
21966
Author:
Series:
Economists of the twentieth century.
Subject:
Law and economics.
Jurisprudence.
Justice, Administration of.
Judges.
Sociology.
Contents:
Part 1: The Methodology of law and economics: 1. The Law and economics movement
2. Ronald Coase and methodology
3. Gary Becker's contributions to law and economics
4. The Economic approach to law
5. The New institutional economics meets law and economics
6. Reply [to Coarse and Williams]
7. The Sociology of the sociology of law: a view from economics
8. Some uses and abuses of economics in law
Part II: Wealth maximization and the law: 9. The Justice of economics
10. Utilitarianism, economics and legal theory
11. Law and economics is moral
12. Rebuttal to Malloy
13. Wealth maximization revisited
14. The Ethics of wealth maximization: reply to Malloy
Part III: Courts and judicial rulemaking
15. What do judges and justices maximise (same thing everyone else does)
16. An Economic analysis of legal rulemaking
17. An Economic approach to legal procedure and judicial administration
18. Towards an economic theory of federal jurisdiction
19. Comment: responding to Gordon Tullock
Part IV: The Application of finance theory to law
20. Law and the theory of finance: some intersections
21. Market funds and trust-investment law
22. Social investing and the law of trusts.
Note:
Includes index.
ISBN:
1858986419
Phys. description:
xxxiv, 462 p.