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Title:
Fundamental principles of law and economics / Alan Devlin.
Author:
Devlin, Alan (Alan James), author.
Publication Information:
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon [UK] ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2015.
Call Number:
K487 .E3 D49 2015
ISBN:
9781138806023

9781138806016
Physical Description:
xi, 424 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
Background principles in microeconomics -- Essential concepts in the law-and-economics literature -- Utilitarianism, neoclassical welfare economics, and the ethics of markets -- The economics of liability rules and accidents -- An economic account of tort doctrine -- An economic account of criminal behaviour -- Optimal criminal sanctions -- Problems in criminal law -- The economic role of property rights -- Protecting entitlements -- An economic theory of contract law -- The economics of contractual remedies -- An economic theory of litigation -- Innovation policy -- The patent system -- Copyright law -- Antitrust and the regulation of business strategy -- Antitrust limits on contract -- Monopolisation -- The regulation of natural monopoly -- Behavioural law & economics.
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