Law and Social Economics

Wayne Edwards, University of Nebraska at Kearney, USAClaire Finkelstein, University of Pennsylvania, USARegina Gemignani, The World BankDavid George, La Salle University, USARobert LaJeunesse, US Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionDaniel MacDonald, California State University, San Bernardino, USASteven McMullen, Hope College, USADaniel Molling, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, USAOsny da Silva Filho, Fundação Getulio Vargas, BrazilStefano Solari, University of Padua, ItalyQuentin Wodon, The World Bank

• PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Towards a Contractarian Theory of Law; Claire Finkelstein 2. Environmental Ethics, Economics, and Property Law; Steven McMullen and Daniel Molling 3. Individual Rights, Economic Transactions and Recognition: A Legal Approach to Social Economics; Stefano Solari 4. Institutionalist Method and Forensic Proof; Robert M. LaJeunesse 5. Retributivist Justice and Dignity: Finding a Role for Economics in Criminal Justice; Mark D. White PART II: APPLICATIONS 6. Female Genital Mutilation and the Law: A Qualitative Case Study; Regina Gemignani and Quentin Wodon 7. An Unexamined Oxymoron: Trust but Verify; David George 8. On the Question of Court Activism and Economic Interests in 19th Century Married Women's Property Law; Daniel MacDonald 9. Divergent Outcomes of Land Rights Claims of Indigenous Peoples in the United States; Wayne Edwards 10. Punitive (and) Pain-and-Suffering Damages in Brazil; Osny da Silva Filho