Economics of tort law
By: edited by Alan O. Sykes.
Contributors: Sykes, A. O.
Series: Economic approaches to law -- 11; An Elgar reference collection
Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781845424541
Subjects: Torts -- Economic aspects -- United States
Description: "This two-volume collection, prepared by a leading scholar in this field, brings together the seminal articles on the law and economics of tort law. The selection of papers addresses topics such as the Coase theorem, the choice between property and liability rules, the difference between negligence and strict liability, the economics of causation, damages and vicarious liability and the economics of affirmative duties. This is a classic collection that provides an essential foundation in the core issues fundamental to an understanding of tort law."--Publisher's website.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The problem of social cost / R.H. Coase (1960); title: Property rules, liability rules, and inalienability: one view of the cathedral / Guido Calabresi and A. Douglas Melamed (1972); title: Property rules versus liability rules: an economic analysis / Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell (1996); title: Liability for harm versus regulation of safety / Steven Shavell (1984); title: A theory of negligence / Richard A. Posner (1972); title: A theory of strict liability / Richard A. Epstein (1973); title: Toward an economic theory of liability / John Prather Brown (1973); title: Strict liability versus negligence / Steven Shavell (1980); title: Strict liability vs. negligence in a market setting / A. Mitchell Polinsky (1980); title: A new positive economic theory of negligence / Mark F. Grady (1983); title: Some effects of uncertainty on compliance with legal standards / John E. Calfee and Richard Craswell (1984); title: Concerning cause and the law of torts: an essay for Harry Kalven, Jr. / Guido Calabresi (1975); title: An analysis of causation and the scope of liability in the law of torts / Steven Shavell (1980); title: Causation in tort law: an economic approach / William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1983); title: Causation and incentives to take care under the negligence rule / Marcel Kahan (1989); title: The welfare implications of costly litigation for the level of liability / A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld (1988); title: Decoupling liability: optimal incentives for care and litigation / A. Mitchell Polinsky and Yeon-Koo Che (1991); title: The value of life in legal contexts: survey and critique / W. Kip Viscusi (2000).