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245		4	_aThe pursuit of justice: law and economics of legal institutions / _bedited by Edward J. Lopez
260			_aNew York: _bPalgrave Macmillan, _c2010.
300			_ax, 303p. ; _c24cm.
500			_a"Published in cooperation with The Independent Institute."
505			_aList of Illustrations Foreword Acknowledgments 1 An Introduction to The Pursuit of Justice 2 The Rise of Government Law Enforcement in England 3 Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes? 4 Romancing Forensics: Legal Failure in Forensic Science Administration 5 Judicial Checks on Corruption 6 Effects of Judicial Selection on Criminal Sentencing 7 Economic Development Takings as Government Failure 8 On the Impossibility of "Just Compensation" When Property Is Taken: An Ethical and Epistemic Inqui 9 The Lawyer-Judge Hypothesis 10 Class Action Rent Extraction: Theory and Evidence of Legal Extortion 11 Cy Pres and Its Predators 12 Licensing Lawyers: Failure in the Provision of Legal Services Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
520			_a"The Pursuit of Justice is a realistic yet hopeful analysis of how the law works in practice rather than in theory. The multi-chapter discussion recognizes that decision makers in the law -- judges, lawyers, juries, police, forensic experts and more -- respond systematically to the incentive structures with which they are confronted. In turn, incentives are a function of economic and institutional design. While these chapters shed light on how perverse incentives result in adverse outcomes, each chapter also suggests institutional reforms that would create better incentives within the legal system"--Provided by publisher
650			_aJustice, Administration of United States
650			_a Law Philosophy Law and economics
650			_aLegal systems
650			_aLaw reform
700			_aLopez, Edward J. _eEditor
700			_aTollision Robert D. _eForeworder
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