Economic Methods for Lawyers

Responding to the growing importance of economic reasoning in legal scholarship, this innovative work provides an essential introduction to the economic tools, which can usefully be employed in legal reasoning. It is geared specifically towards those without a great deal of exposure to economic thin...

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Main Authors: Towfigh, Emanuel, Petersen, Niels
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 27.11.2015
Edward Elgar
Edward Elgar Publishing Limited
Elgar
Edition:1
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ISBN:9781783471669, 1783471662, 9781788111249, 1788111249
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter Copyright Contents Contributors Preface Economic methods and legal reasoning The economic paradigm Demand, supply, and markets Game theory and collective goods Contract theory and the economics of contract law Public and social choice theory Empirical research and statistics Behavioral law and economics Index
  • Cover -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. Economic methods and legal reasoning -- 2. The economic paradigm -- 3. Demand, supply, and markets -- 4. Game theory and collective goods -- 5. Contract theory and the economics of contract law -- 6. Public and social choice theory -- 7. Empirical research and statistics -- 8. Behavioral law and economics -- Index