Features
- Cover Type: Hard Cover with 980 pages
- Published by: North Holland
- Edition: 1st Edition December 1, 2007
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0444531203
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0444531209
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Book Dimensions:
9.5 x 6.8 x 1.7 inches
- Weighs: 4.2 pounds
Book Description
A comprehensive and accessible survey of the current state of the field of Law and Economics
Product Description
Law can be viewed as a body of rules and legal sanctions that channel behavior in socially desirable directions - for example, by encouraging individuals to take proper precautions to prevent accidents or by discouraging competitors from colluding to raise prices. The incentives created by the legal system are thus a natural subject of study by economists. Moreover, given the importance of law to the welfare of societies, the economic analysis of law merits prominent treatment as a subdiscipline of economics. This two volume Handbook is intended to foster the study of the legal system by economists.
*The two volumes form a comprehensive and accessible survey of the current state of the field.
*Chapters prepared by leading specialists of the area.
*Summarizes received results as well as new developments.
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