Research Handbook on Economic Models of Law, Hardcover by Miceli, Thomas J. (...

Research Handbook on Economic Models of Law, Hardcover by Miceli, Thomas J. (EDT); Baker, Matthew J. (EDT), ISBN 178100014X, ISBN-13 9781781000144, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UKThe 15 chapters presented here cumulatively provide an overview of current topics, techniques, and methodologies in the economic modeling of law (also known as the field of law and economics). Specific topics include: land assemblage in public-private projects; the economics of activity levels in tort liability and regulation; liability versus regulation for product-related risks; strict liability when victims choose the value of the asset at risk; incentives for care, litigation, and tort reform under self-serving bias; tort standards and legal expenditures; litigation success functions; the optimal amount of distorted testimony when the arbiter can and cannot commit; exclusionary rules and the conviction of the innocent; fourth amendment remedies in relation no search, seizure, and false arrest; crime, expectations, and the deterrence hypothesis; active courts and menu contracts; the efficiency of affirmative action with purely historical discrimination; and trademarks in relation to meaning, law, and market. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()