ISBN:
9780857935076
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (648 Seiten)
Edition:
Second edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Schäfer, Hans-Bernd, 1943 - The economic analysis of civil law
DDC:
346
Keywords:
Rechtsökonomik
;
Bürgerliches Recht
;
Eigentumsrechtstheorie
;
Haftung
;
Vertrag
;
Gesellschaftsrecht
;
Theorie
;
Deutschland
;
Law and economics Textbooks
;
Civil law ; Economic aspects
;
Law and economics
;
Electronic books
;
Deutschland
;
Bürgerliches Recht
;
Privatrecht
;
Ökonomische Theorie des Rechts
Abstract:
"This comprehensive textbook provides a thorough guide to the economic analysis of law, with a particular focus on civil law systems. It encapsulates a structured analysis and nuanced evaluation of norms and legal policies, using the tools of economic theory. Key features include: Examples and cases that illustrate central concepts of the economic analysis of law in relation to civil law doctrines. Examination of the core areas of civil law: tort law, contract law, property law, intellectual property law as well as basic problems of insolvency law and corporate law. In-depth analysis of the legal rules of statutory law and judge-made law, demonstrating the extent to which these rules are either based on economic criteria or run parallel to them - and the extent to which such criteria facilitate the application and further development of law. This substantially revised second edition presents the latest insights into legal economic research, including important empirical and behavioural deliberations. It will be a valuable guide for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of law and economics"--
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents: Introduction to the economic analysis of civil law -- Part I: Fundamentals -- 1. Alternative decisions, consequences, and evaluations -- 2. Normative foundations - what is social welfare? Problems of social choice -- 3. Economics, property rights and economic analysis of law -- 4. Homo economicus, behavioural economics, and paternalism -- Part II: Economic analysis of tort law -- 5. Objectives and regulatory problems of tort law, the magic triangle of tort law -- 6. Fault liability and strict liability -- 7. Reciprocal and bilateral damages -- 8. Attribution of damage, causality -- 9. The scope of protection by tort law, liberal rights, pure economic loss, and non-pecuniary damage -- 10. Special problems of tort law: Product liability, environmental liability, compensation for pain and suffering, vicarious liability, limits of civil liability -- Part III: Economic analysis of contract law -- 11. On the economic analysis of contractual freedom and contract law -- 12. The fully specified contract and its reconstruction by default rules -- 13. Complementary contract interpretation, base of the contract, reconstruction of the fully specified contract, and fair distribution of the total surplus from a contract -- 14. Economic analysis of breach of contract, impossibility and delay -- 15. Liability for defects in sales contracts and contracts for work -- 16. Ignorance, trust, opportunism and efficiency -- 17. Legal protection of legitimate expectations in the law of exchange of goods and services -- Part IV: Property rights (absolute rights) -- 18. Concept, function and design of property rights -- 19. The transfer of rights by acquisition in good faith -- 20. Involuntary transaction of property through taking and regulatory taking -- 21. Insolvency and conflicting security interests of creditors -- 22. Incompatible use of land and efficient use of an area -- 23. Intellectual property rights, the generation of innovations -- Part V: Corporate law -- 24. From contract to hierarchy -- 25. Basic structures and problems of company law -- Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
