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Recent developments in law and economics Vol 3/ edited by Robert D. Cooter and Francesco Parisi

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: International library of critical writings in economics, 241 | Blaug, Mark ; Publication details: UK; Edward Elgar Publishing, 2009.Description: 721p.; 25cmISBN:
  • 9781845423261
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 340.11 REC
Contents:
Volume III – Contracts and Corporations Acknowledgements An Introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I PART I CONTRACT LAW 1. Oliver Hart and John Moore (1999), ‘Foundations of Incomplete Contracts’ 2. Ian Ayres and Robert Gertner (1992), ‘Strategic Contractual Inefficiency and the Optimal Choice of Legal Rules’ 3. Douglas G. Baird (2006), ‘The Boilerplate Puzzle’ 4. Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat (2002), ‘Anti-Insurance’ 5. Robert E. Scott and George G. Triantis (2004), ‘Embedded Options and the Case Against Compensation in Contract Law’ 6. Richard Craswell (2006), ‘Taking Information Seriously: Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure in Contract Law and Elsewhere’ 7. Avery Weiner Katz (1999), ‘An Economic Analysis of the Guaranty Contract’ 8. Alexander J. Triantis and George G. Triantis (1998), ‘Timing Problems in Contract Breach Decisions’ 9. Oren Bar-Gill and Omri Ben-Shahar (2004), ‘Threatening an ‘Irrational’ Breach of Contract’ PART II CORPORATE LAW 10. Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1997), ‘A Survey of Corporate Governance’ 11. Margaret M. Blair and Lynn A. Stout (1999), ‘A Team Production Theory of Corporate Law’ 12. George G. Triantis (2000), ‘Financial Slack and the Laws of Secured Transactions’ 13. Lucian Ayre Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried and David I. Walker (2002), ‘Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation’ 14. Henry Hansmann and Reiner Kraakman (2001), ‘The End of History for Corporate Law’ 15. Mark J. Roe (2002), ‘Corporate Law’s Limits’
Summary: This three-volume set is an authoritative selection of some of the most important published papers in law and economics. It provides an extensive overview of recent work for law and economics scholars and an opportunity to explore developments in particular fields for those interested in more specialized study. Volume I presents current theories being applied in property law and intellectual property. Volume II addresses current issues in torts, criminal law, and remedies. Volume III explores a variety of approaches to contract and corporate law. These innovative papers offer ideas for the improvement of current legal policies and identify areas requiring additional study to further enhance our understanding of ways in which economics can inform the development of law. ---provided by publisher
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Volume III – Contracts and Corporations
Acknowledgements
An Introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume I
PART I CONTRACT LAW
1. Oliver Hart and John Moore (1999), ‘Foundations of Incomplete Contracts’
2. Ian Ayres and Robert Gertner (1992), ‘Strategic Contractual Inefficiency and the Optimal Choice of Legal Rules’
3. Douglas G. Baird (2006), ‘The Boilerplate Puzzle’
4. Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat (2002), ‘Anti-Insurance’
5. Robert E. Scott and George G. Triantis (2004), ‘Embedded Options and the Case Against Compensation in Contract Law’
6. Richard Craswell (2006), ‘Taking Information Seriously: Misrepresentation and Nondisclosure in Contract Law and Elsewhere’
7. Avery Weiner Katz (1999), ‘An Economic Analysis of the Guaranty Contract’
8. Alexander J. Triantis and George G. Triantis (1998), ‘Timing Problems in Contract Breach Decisions’
9. Oren Bar-Gill and Omri Ben-Shahar (2004), ‘Threatening an ‘Irrational’ Breach of Contract’

PART II CORPORATE LAW
10. Andrei Shleifer and Robert W. Vishny (1997), ‘A Survey of Corporate Governance’
11. Margaret M. Blair and Lynn A. Stout (1999), ‘A Team Production Theory of Corporate Law’
12. George G. Triantis (2000), ‘Financial Slack and the Laws of Secured Transactions’
13. Lucian Ayre Bebchuk, Jesse M. Fried and David I. Walker (2002), ‘Managerial Power and Rent Extraction in the Design of Executive Compensation’
14. Henry Hansmann and Reiner Kraakman (2001), ‘The End of History for Corporate Law’
15. Mark J. Roe (2002), ‘Corporate Law’s Limits’

This three-volume set is an authoritative selection of some of the most important published papers in law and economics. It provides an extensive overview of recent work for law and economics scholars and an opportunity to explore developments in particular fields for those interested in more specialized study. Volume I presents current theories being applied in property law and intellectual property. Volume II addresses current issues in torts, criminal law, and remedies. Volume III explores a variety of approaches to contract and corporate law.
These innovative papers offer ideas for the improvement of current legal policies and identify areas requiring additional study to further enhance our understanding of ways in which economics can inform the development of law. ---provided by publisher

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