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Economic analysis of law / Richard A. Posner

By: Publication details: New York : Aspen Publishers, 2003.Edition: 6th edDescription: xx, 747 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780735534742
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330 POS
Contents:
1. The nature of economic reasoning; 2. The economic approach to law; 3. Property; 4. Contract rights and remedies; 5. Family law and sex law; 6. Tort law; 7. Criminal law; 8. The common law, legal history and jurisprudence; 9. The theory of monopoly; 10. The antitrust laws; 11. The regulation of the employment relation; 12. Public utility and common carrier regulation; 13. The choice between regulation and common law; 14. Corporations, secured and unsecured financing, bankruptcy; 15. Financial markets; 16. Income inequalities, distributive justice, and poverty; 17. Taxation; 18. The transmission of wealth at death; 19. The market, the adversary system, and the legislative process as methods of resource allocation; 20. The process of legal rule-making; 21. Civil and criminal procedure; 22. Evidence; 23. Law enforcement and the administrative process; 24. The nature and functions of the constitution; 25. Economic due process; 26. The economics of federalism; 27. Racial discrimination; 28. The protection of free markets in ideas and religion; 29. Searches, seizures, and interrogations.
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BOOKs NLS Reference 330 POS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) HB Available Donated By Prof D K Sampath 35937

1. The nature of economic reasoning;
2. The economic approach to law;
3. Property;
4. Contract rights and remedies;
5. Family law and sex law;
6. Tort law;
7. Criminal law;
8. The common law, legal history and jurisprudence;
9. The theory of monopoly;
10. The antitrust laws;
11. The regulation of the employment relation;
12. Public utility and common carrier regulation;
13. The choice between regulation and common law;
14. Corporations, secured and unsecured financing, bankruptcy;
15. Financial markets;
16. Income inequalities, distributive justice, and poverty;
17. Taxation;
18. The transmission of wealth at death;
19. The market, the adversary system, and the legislative process as methods of resource allocation;
20. The process of legal rule-making;
21. Civil and criminal procedure;
22. Evidence;
23. Law enforcement and the administrative process;
24. The nature and functions of the constitution;
25. Economic due process;
26. The economics of federalism;
27. Racial discrimination;
28. The protection of free markets in ideas and religion;
29. Searches, seizures, and interrogations.

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