TY - BOOK AU - Harrison,Jeffrey L. AU - Theeuwes,Jules TI - Law and economics SN - 9780393930535 (hardcover) AV - K 487 H319l 2008 U1 - 340 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - W.W. Norton & Company KW - Law and economics N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introducing law and economics -- Tools for the economic analysis of law -- Private property and public goods : an introduction -- Externalities -- The coase theorem -- Government takings and compensation -- "Price" regulation -- Intellectual property -- The economic functions of contract law -- Promisory estoppel -- Contract law and distributive issues -- The economics of contract remedies -- Torts : the economics of liability rules -- Compensatory damages -- Punitive damages -- Products liability -- Malpractice -- Why criminalize? -- The rational criminal -- Efficient levels of deterrence -- Empirical evidence -- The value of a case -- The economics of settlements -- The evolution of law -- Behavioral assumptions and related questions ER -