TY  - BOOK
AU  - Sykes,A.O.
TI  - Economics of tort law
T2  - Economic approaches to law
SN  - 1845424549
AV  - KF1250 .E27 2007
U1  - 346.7303 22
PY  - 2007///]
CY  - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA
PB  - Edward Elgar
KW  - Torts
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - United States
N1  - "An Elgar reference collection"; Includes bibliographical references and index; Volume I: --; Introduction; Alan O. Sykes --; Part I; Liability Rules, Property Rules, Regulation and the Coase Theorem --; 1; The Problem of Social Cost; R.H. Coase --; 2; Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral; Guido Calabresi and A. Douglas Melamed --; 3; Property Rules versus Liability Rules: An Economic Analysis; Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell --; 4; Liability for Harm versus Regulation of Safety; Steven Shavell --; Part II; Negligence and Strict Liability --; 5; A Theory of Negligence; Richard A. Posner --; 6; A Theory of Strict Liability; Richard A. Epstein --; 7; Toward an Economic Theory of Liability; John Prather Brown --; 8; Strict Liability versus Negligence; Steven Shavell --; 9; Strict Liability vs. Negligence in a Market Setting; A. Mitchell Polinsky --; 10; A New Positive Economic Theory of Negligence; Mark F. Grady --; 11; Some Effects of Uncertainty on Compliance with Legal Standards; John E. Calfee and Richard Craswell --; Part III; Causation --; 12; Concerning Cause and the Law of Torts: An Essay for Harry Kalven, Jr.; Guido Calabresi --; 13; An Analysis of Causation and the Scope of Liability in the Law of Torts; Steven Shavell --; 14; Causation in Tort Law: An Economic Approach; William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner --; 15; Causation and Incentives to Take Care under the Negligence Rule; Marcel Kahan --; Part IV; Compensatory Damages --; 16; The Welfare Implications of Costly Litigation for the Level of Liability; A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L. Rubinfeld --; 18 Punitive Damages: An Economic Analysis; W. Kip Viscusi --; Volume II: --; Part I; Punitive Damages and the Multiplier Principle --; 3; Deterrence and Damages: The Multiplier Principle and Its Alternatives; Richard Craswell --; 4; Should Tort Damages be Multiplied?; Keith N. Hylton and Thomas J. Miceli --; Part II; Vicarious Liability --; 5; An Economic Analysis of the Choice Between Enterprise and Personal Liability for Accidents; Lewis A. Kornhauser --; 6; The Economics of Vicarious Liability; Alan O. Sykes --; 7; The Boundaries of Vicarious Liability: An Economic Analysis of the Scope of Employment Rule and Related Legal Doctrines; Alan O. Sykes --; Part III; Affirmative Duties --; 8; Salvors, Finders, Good Samaritans and Other Rescuers: An Economic Study of Law and Altruism; William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner --; 9; Waiting for Rescue: An Essay on the Evolution and Incentive Structure of the Law of Affirmative Obligations; Saul Levmore --; Part IV; Miscellaneous Topics --; 10; Joint and Multiple Tortfeasors: An Economic Analysis; William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner --; 11; On Liability and Insurance; Steven Shavell --; 12; Liability and Liability Insurance for Medical Malpractice; Patricia M. Danzon --; 14; Economic Loss in Tort; W. Bishop --; 15; An Economic Theory of Intentional Torts; William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner --; 16; Contingent Fees for Personal Injury Litigation; Patricia Munch Danzon
N2  - "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
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