UID:
almahu_9947367776502882
Format:
1 online resource (981 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-281-07122-6
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9786611071226
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0-08-055423-7
Series Statement:
Handbooks in economics ; 27
Content:
Law can be viewed as a body of rules and legal sanctions that channel behavior in socially desirable directions - for example, by encouraging individuals to take proper precautions to prevent accidents or by discouraging competitors from colluding to raise prices. The incentives created by the legal system are thus a natural subject of study by economists. Moreover, given the importance of law to the welfare of societies, the economic analysis of law merits prominent treatment as a subdiscipline of economics. This two volume Handbook is intended to foster the study of the legal system by econo
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
,
pt. 2. Additional areas of the legal system continued -- pt. 3. Other topics.
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-53120-3
Language:
English
