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Record Nr.

UNINA9910647236203321

Autore

Towfigh Emanuel Vahid <1978->

Titolo

Economic methods for lawyers / / Emanuel V. Towfigh, Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods, Germany; Niels Petersen, University of Mùˆnster, Germany ; with contributions by Markus Englerth [and four others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cheltenham, : Edward Elgar Pub. Ltd., 2015

ISBN

1-78347-167-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Disciplina

340

Soggetti

Law and economics

Law - Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Preface; 1. Economic methods and legal reasoning; 2. The economic paradigm; 3. Demand, supply, and markets; 4. Game theory and collective goods; 5. Contract theory and the economics of contract law; 6. Public and social choice theory; 7. Empirical research and statistics; 8. Behavioral law and economics; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Responding to the growing importance of economic reasoning in legal scholarship, this innovative work provides an essential introduction to the economic tools, which can usefully be employed in legal reasoning. It is geared specifically towards those without a great deal of exposure to economic thinking and provides law students, legal scholars and practitioners with a practical toolbox to shape their writing, understanding and case preparation.