ABSTRACT

This title aims to explain (and criticize) the economic approach to law by covering economic analysis in property and criminal law. To save the time of the reader not wanting to relearn multivariate calculus with each section, this title provides comprehensive bibliographies and highlights major contributions in the introductions to each volume. A key overview for students of economy and law to gain a broad understanding of how to approach these themes in practice.

chapter

Introduction

chapter |44 pages

The Problem of Social Cost

chapter |10 pages

An Exchange

About Law and Economics: A Letter to Ronald Dworkin

part |167 pages

Property Law

chapter |5 pages

Pierson v. Post

Supreme Court of New York 3 Caines 175 (1805)

chapter |6 pages

Edwards v. Sims

Court of Appeals of Kentucky 232 Ky. 791, 24 S.W.2d 619 (1929)

chapter |6 pages

Siting of Hazardous Facilities †

Property Rights, Protest, and the Siting of Hazardous Waste Facilities

chapter |20 pages

The Lighthouse In Economics *

chapter |4 pages

Bird v. Holbrook

4 Bing. 628, 130 Eng. Rep. 911 (Com. Pl 1828)

chapter |3 pages

Katko v. Briney

183 N.W.2d 657 (Iowa 1971)

part |30 pages

Criminal Law