Law and Economics in a Nutshell

Expert coverage of the classic issues, including basic price theory; definitions of efficiency; the Coase Theorem; and the economics of contract law, tort law, regulation, and antitrust. Text also discusses less conventional topics such as public choice, what it means to be a rational maximizer of self-interest, the assumptions underlying economic analysis to law, limitations on the application of economic theory to law, the theory of second best, and the prisoner's dilemma.

Preface
Table of Cases
Introduction	p. 1
An Introduction to Price Theory	p. 6
Terms and Controversies in Law and Economics	p. 27
The Coase Theorem and Related Property Issues	p. 56
Contract Law Applications	p. 82
Economics of Tort Law	p. 142
The Economics of Anti-trust	p. 183
The Economics of Government Regulation	p. 219
Public Choice	p. 257
Index	p. 291
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