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Economic foundations of law and organization / Donald Wittman.

By: Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.Description: x, 390 p. : ill. ; 27 cmISBN:
  • 0521859174 (hdbk.)
  • 0521685249 (pbk.)
  • 9780521859172
  • 9780521685245
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.1 WIT 22
LOC classification:
  • HB73 .W58 2006
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents: Preface; 1. Introduction; Part I. Economic Fundamentals - Rationality and Efficiency: 2. Rational behavior, preferences and prices; 3. Pareto optimally versus utilitarianism; 4. Cost-benefit analysis; Part II. Transaction Costs and the Coasean Revolution: 5. Transaction costs; 6. Fencing in and fencing out; 7. Coase versus Pigou; Part III. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Law: 8. How to think like an economist: two hawks and a fence; 9. Smoking regulations: market solutions; 10. Rules of thumb: sports and driving rules; Part IV. Rights: 11. The protection of entitlements; 12. Property rights or communal rights in knowledge?; 13. Liability for harm or restitution for benefit; 14. Takings: should there be compensation for regulation; Part V. Torts and Crimes: Liability Rules and Punishments: 15. Cost minimization and the role of liability rules; 16. Negligence rules; 17. Crime and criminal law; Part VI. The Role of Sequence: 18. Mitigation of damages and last clear chance; 19. The Good Samaritan rule; 20. The role of being first in allocating entitlements; Part VII. Contracts and Breach of Contract: 21. Default rules and breach of contract; 22. When is a handshake a contract and when is a contract not a contract; 23. Marriage as contract: family law; Part VIII. Harms Arising Between Contracting Parties: 24. Exploding coke bottles; 25. The role of asymmetric information; 26. Consumers and producers cause damage: lawnmowers; Part IX. Insurance and the Law: 27. The market for insurance; 28. Royalties for artists and insurance for investors; 29. Regulating automobile insurance; 30. Bankruptcy; 31. Deposit insurance and banking crises; Part X. Governance and Organization: 32. The governance of organization; 33. Corporate law and agency problems; 34. Insider trading; 35. Organizational response to opportunism; 36. The organization of legislatures; 37. Federalism; 38. The internal organization of the family; Part XI. Bargaining in the Shadow of a Trial: 39. Settlement of Trials? Index of Authors; Index; Case Index.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents:
Preface;
1. Introduction; Part I. Economic Fundamentals - Rationality and Efficiency:
2. Rational behavior, preferences and prices;
3. Pareto optimally versus utilitarianism;
4. Cost-benefit analysis;
Part II. Transaction Costs and the Coasean Revolution:
5. Transaction costs;
6. Fencing in and fencing out;
7. Coase versus Pigou;
Part III. Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Law:
8. How to think like an economist: two hawks and a fence;
9. Smoking regulations: market solutions;
10. Rules of thumb: sports and driving rules;
Part IV. Rights:
11. The protection of entitlements;
12. Property rights or communal rights in knowledge?;
13. Liability for harm or restitution for benefit;
14. Takings: should there be compensation for regulation;
Part V. Torts and Crimes: Liability Rules and Punishments:
15. Cost minimization and the role of liability rules;
16. Negligence rules;
17. Crime and criminal law;
Part VI. The Role of Sequence:
18. Mitigation of damages and last clear chance;
19. The Good Samaritan rule;
20. The role of being first in allocating entitlements;
Part VII. Contracts and Breach of Contract:
21. Default rules and breach of contract;
22. When is a handshake a contract and when is a contract not a contract;
23. Marriage as contract: family law;
Part VIII. Harms Arising Between Contracting Parties:
24. Exploding coke bottles;
25. The role of asymmetric information;
26. Consumers and producers cause damage: lawnmowers;
Part IX. Insurance and the Law:
27. The market for insurance;
28. Royalties for artists and insurance for investors;
29. Regulating automobile insurance;
30. Bankruptcy;
31. Deposit insurance and banking crises;
Part X. Governance and Organization:
32. The governance of organization;
33. Corporate law and agency problems;
34. Insider trading;
35. Organizational response to opportunism;
36. The organization of legislatures;
37. Federalism;
38. The internal organization of the family;
Part XI. Bargaining in the Shadow of a Trial:
39. Settlement of Trials?
Index of Authors;
Index;
Case Index.