Economic Analysis of the Law (eBook)

Donald A. Wittman is Professor of Economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His articles have been published in top legal, economic, and political science journals, and he has published two books, The Myth of Democratic Failure (1995) and The Federalist Papers: The New Institutionalism and the Old (co-edited with B. Grofman, 1989).

Preface..

Acknowledgments.

Part I: Coase Theorem.

1. "The Problem of Social Cost" (Ronald H. Coase).

2. "The Cost of Coase" (Robert Cooter).

Part II: Property Rights, Liability Rules and
Regulation.

3. "Property Rules, Liability Rules and Inalienability: One View
from the Cathedral" (Guido Calabresi and A. Douglas Melamed).

4. "Economic Theory of Liability Rules" (John Brown).

5. "Unity in Tort, Contract and Property: The Model of
Precaution" (Robert Cooter).

6. "Coming to the Nuisance" (Donald Wittman).

7. "Liability for Harm versus Regulation of Safety" (Steven
Shavell).

Part III: Intellectual Property.

8. "Mistake, Disclosure, Information and the Law of Contracts"
(Anthony T. Kronman).

9. "An Economic Analysis of Copyright Law" (William M. Landes
and Richard Posner).

10. "Authors' and Artists Moral Rights: A Comparative
Legal and Economic Analysis" (Henry Hansmann and Marina
Santilli).

Part IV: Contracts and Warranties.

11. "A Theory of the Consumer Product Warranty" (George L.
Priest).

12. "Fixed Price versus Spot Price Contracts: A Study in Risk
Allocation" (A. Mitchell Polinsky).

13. "The Theory of the Firm and the Structure of the Franchise
Contract (Paul H. Rubin).

14. "Transaction Cost Determinants of Unfair Contractural
Arrangements" (Benjamin Klein).

15. "The Law and Economics Approach to Contract Theory" (Alan
Scwartz).

Part V: Corporations and Corporate Finance.

16. "Limited Liability in the Theory of the Firm" (Susan E.
Woodward).

17. "Theory of the Firm: Managerial Behavior, Agency Costs and
Ownership Structure" (Michael C. Jensen and William H.
Meckling).

18. "State Law, Shareholder Protection and the Theory of the
Corporation" (Ralph K. Winter).

19. "The Proper Role of a Target's Management in
Responding to a Tender Offer" (Frank H. Easterbrook and Daniel R.
Fischel).

20. "The Regulation of Insider Trading" (Dennis W. Carlton and
Daniel R. Fischel).

21. "Corporate Reorganizations and the Treatment of Diverse
Ownership Interests: A Comment on Adequate Protection of Secured
Creditors in Bankruptcy" (Douglas G. Baird and Thomas H.
Jackson).

Part VI: Family Law.

22. "The Economics of the Baby Shortage" (Elisabeth M. Landes
and Richard A. Posner).

23. "A Market for Babies" (J. Robert S. Prichard).

24. "Marriage, Divorce and Quasi-rents: Or I gave him the best
year of my life" (Lloyd Cohen).

Part VII: Crime and Criminal Law.

25. "Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach" (Gary S.
Becker).

26. "Blackmail, Privacy and Freedom of Contract" (Richard A.
Posner).

Part VIII: Norms.

27. "Property Rights in Aboriginal Societies" (Martin J.
Bailey).

28. "Property in Land" (Robert C. Ellickson).

29. "Efficient Rules of Thumb in Highway Safety and Sports
Activity" (Donald Wittman).

30. "Rings and Promises" (Margaret F. Brinig).

Index.