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1 Methodology of the Economic Approach, 1
1.1 Behavioral Premises
The Economic Approach to Human Behavior, 4
Gary Becker
1.2 Normative Premises
Efficiency, Utility, and Wealth Maximization, 10
Jules Coleman
Economic Reasoning and the Ethics of Policy, 18
Thomas ScheUing
1.3 Models and Modelling
The Distinction between Positive and Normative Economics, 26
Mark Blaug
The Methodology of Positive Economics, 29
Milton Friedman
Notes and Questions, 36
2 Two Competing Economic Models of Law, 41
2.1 The Model of Market Failure
Some Thoughts on Risk Distribution and the Law of Torts, 44
Guido Calabresi
Unity in Tort, Contract, and Property: The Model of Precaution, 55
Robert Cooter
2.2 The Model of Private Cooperation
The Nature of the Firm, 65
Ronald Coase
The Problem of Social Cost, 69
Ronald Coase
2.3 Comparing the Models: Transaction Costs
When Does the Rule of Liability Matter?, 80
Harold Demsetz
Notes and Questions, 86
3 A Survey of Basic Applications, 90
3.1 I~perty
Toward a Theory of Property Rights, 93
Harold Demsetz
Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the
Cathedral, 103
Guido Calabresi and A Douglas Melamed
3.2 Tort
The Learned Hand Formula for Determining Liability, 115
Richard Posner
Strict Liability versus Negligence, 120
Steven Shavell
3.3 Contract
The Efficiency of Specific Performance: Toward a Unified Theory of
Contract Remedies, 128
Thomas Ulen
3.4 Criminal Law
Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach, 138
Gary Becker
3.5 Procedure
An Economic Approach to Legal Procedure and Judicial
Administration, 147
Richard Posner
Detrebling versus Decoupling Antitrust Damages: Lessons From the
Theory of Enforcement, 153
A. Mitchell Polinsky
Notes and Questions, 158
4 Refining the Model h Strategic Behavior, 162
4.1 Theory
The Cost of Coase, 165
Robert Cooter
Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: A Testable Model of Strategic
Behavior, 170
Robert Cooter, Stephen Marks, and Robert Mnookin
4.2 Applications
Injury, Ignorance, and Spite: The Dynamics of Coercive
Collection, 176
Arthur Left
A Model in Which Suits Axe Brought for Their Nuisance Value, 186
David Rosenberg and Steven Shavell
The Strategic Structure of Offer and Acceptance, 189
Avery Katz
An Economist's Perspective on the Theory of the Firm, 197
Oliver Hart
Notes and Questions, 204
5 Refining the Model II: Risk and Insurance, 208
5.1 Theory
The Allocation of Risk and the Theory of Insurance, 210
Steven Shavell
5.2 Applications
The First-Party Insurance Externality: An Economic Justification for
Enterprise Liability, 217
Jon Hanson and Kyle Logue
Impossibility and Related Doctrines in Contract Law: An Economic
Analysis, 227
Richard Posner and Andrew Rosenfield
An Economic Analysis of Legal Transitions, 236
Louis Kaplow
The Optimal Tradeoff Between the Probability and Magnitude of
Fines, 248
A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven ShaveU
Notes and Questions, 252
6 Refining the Model III: Information, 256
6.1 Theory
The Economics of Information, 259
George Stigler
The Market for Lemons: Qualitative Uncertainty and the Market
Mechanism, 265
George Akerlof
6.2 Applications
The Contract-Tort Boundary and the Economics of Insurance, 271
William Bishop
The Informational Role of Warranties and Private Disclosure about
Product Quality, 277
Sanford Grossman
The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication, 282
Louis Kaplow
Notes and Questions, 291
7 Refining the Model IV. Bounded Rationality, 296
7.1 Theory
Rationality in Psychology and Economics, 299
Herbert Simon
The Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice, 304
Amos Tversky and Daniel Kahneman
7.2 Applications
Imperfect Information in Markets for Contract Terms, 314
Alan Schwartz and Louis Wilde
The Fresh-Start Policy in Bankruptcy Law, 322
Thomas Jackson
Some Implications of Cognitive Psychology for Risk Regulation, 331
Roger Noll and James Krier
Notes and Questions, 341
8 Critiques of the Economic Approach, 344
8.1 The Liberal Critique
Is Wealth a Value?, 347
Ronald Dworkin
8.2 The Paternalist Critique
Distributive and Paternalist Motives in Contract and Tort Law, 353
Duncan Kennedy
8.3 The Radical Critique
Legal Economists and Normative Social Theory, 361
Mark Kelman
8.4 The Sociological Critique
Of Coase and Cattle: Dispute Resolution among Neighbors in Shasta
County, 369
Robert Ellickson
8.5 The Commnnltarian Critique
Ethical Theory and the Case for Concern about Charges, 381
Steven Kelman
8.6 The Legal Realist Critique
Economic Analysis of Law: Some ReAlism about NominAlism, 391
Arthur Alan Left
Notes and Questions, 405
9 An Application on the Frontier: Family Law, 410
The Family and the State, 412
Gary Becker and Kevin Murphy
The Economics of the Baby Shortage, 420
Elisabeth Landes and Richard Posner
The Role of Private Ordering in Family Law: A Law and Economics
Perspective, 431
Michael Trebilcock and Rosemin Keshvani
Notes and Questions, 439
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