The Pursuit of Justice Law and Economics of Legal Institutions

Edward J. López is a research fellow at the Independent Institute and a professor of law and economics at San Jose State University.

An Introduction to the Pursuit of Justice--Edward J. Lopez * The Rise of Government Law Enforcement in England--Nicholas Currott * Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes?--Russell S. Sobel * Romancing Forensics: Legal Failure in Forensic Science Administration--Roger G. Koppl * Judicial Checks on Corruption--Adriana Cordis * Effects of Judicial Selection on Criminal Sentencing--Aleksandar Tomic  * Economic Development Takings as Government Failure--Ilya Somin * On the Impossibility of “Just Compensation” When Property is Taken--John Brätland * The Lawyer-Judge Hypothesis--Benjamin H. Barton * Class Action Rent Extraction--Jeffrey Haymond * Cy Pres and its Predators--Charles N. W. Keckler * Licensing Lawyers: Failure in the Provision of Legal Services--Adam B. Summers

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