Economic analysis of law
By: A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven Shavell.
Contributors: Shavell, Steven.; John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business.
Series: Discussion paper -- no. 536; Discussion paper (John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business : Online) -- no. 536.
Publisher: Harvard Law School
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "This entry for the forthcoming The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Second Edition) surveys the economic analysis of five primary fields of law: property law; liability for accidents; contract law; litigation; and public enforcement and criminal law.  It also briefly considers some criticisms of the economic analysis of law"--John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics, and Business web site.
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