Elgar Companion to Law and Economics, Second Edition

Edited by Jürgen G. Backhaus, Krupp Chair in Public Finance and Fiscal Sociology, Erfurt University, Germany

Acclaim for the first edition:

• Contents: Introduction Jürgen G. BackhausPart I: Basics of the Law and Economics Approach1. Coase Theorem and Transaction Cost Economics in the LawFrancesco Parisi2. Property Rights and their PartitioningChristian Müller and Manfred Tietzel3. Legal Change in Economic AnalysisJohn N. Drobak and Douglass C. North4. Positive, Normative and Functional Schools in Law and Economics Francesco Parisi5. Commons and AnticommonsFrancesco Parisi and Ben DepoorterPart II: Private Law and Economics6. The Economics of Tort LawGiuseppe Dari Mattiacci and Francesco Parisi7. FamilyMargaret Brinig8. InheritanceRichard E. Wagner9. Intellectual Property and the Markets of Ideas Giovanni B. Ramello10. Incomplete Contracts and InstitutionsAntonio Nicita and Ugo PaganoPart III: Public Law and Economics11. Central BankZelijko Sevic12. Constitutional Economics IFrancesco Farina13. Constitutional Economics IILudwig Van den Hauwe14. Administrative Law and Economics Jean-Michel Josselin and Alain Marciano15. PropertyThomas J. Miceli16. The European Union’s Institutional DesignElisabetta Croci Angelini17. SubsidiarityJürgen G. BackhausPart IV: Labour Law and Economics 18. Labour ContractsDon Bellante19. Company Board RepresentationJürgen G. Backhaus20. Employment Security through Dismissal Protection: Market versus Policy FailuresChristoph F. Buechtemann and Ulrich WalweiPart V: Regulation, Taxation and Public Enterprise21. Structures of Public EnterpriseJürgen G. Backhaus22. Environmental Law and EconomicsA. Allan Schmid23. Environmental Policies Choice as an Issue of Informational EfficiencyDonatella Porrini24. Tradeable Emission RightsEdwin Woerdman25. Regulatory TaxationJürgen G. BackhausPart VI: Dispute Resolution26. Dispute ResolutionThomas J. MiceliPart VI: Different Sources of the Law27. Judicial IndependenceSophie Harnay28. General Norms and CustomsJean-Michel Josselin and Alain Marciano29. Science as a Source of LawPeter R. Senn30. Social Science as a Source of the LawPeter R. Senn31. Cognitive ScienceJohn N. Drobak32. Connections with Law and Society ResearchJürgen G. BackhausPart VIII: Towards an Ideal Economic Analysis of a Legal Problem33. Towards an Ideal Economic Analysis of a Legal ProblemJürgen G. BackhausPart IX: Classical Authors in Law and Economics34. Cesare Beccaria (1738–94)Francesco Parisi and Giampaolo Frezza35. Franz Böhm (1895–1977)Heinz Grossekettler36. John R. Commons (1862–1945)Warren J. Samuels37. Walter Eucken (1891–1950)Leland B. Yeager38. Otto von Gierke (1841–1921)Jürgen G. Backhaus39. Augusto Graziani (1865–1938)Giampaolo Frezza and Francesco Parisi40. Robert Lee Hale (1884–1969) – Legal EconomistNicholas Mercuro, Steven G. Medema and Warren J. Samuels41. Friedrich August von Hayek (1899–1992)Ludwig Van den Hauwe42. Theodor Herzl (1860–1904)Peter R. Senn43. Rudolf von Jhering (1818–92) and the Economics of JusticeJ.L.M. Elders44. Franz Klein (1854–1926)Peter Lewisch45. Etienne Laspeyres (1834–1913)Wolfgang Drechsler46. Friedrich List (1789–1846)Arno Mong Daastöl47. Achille Loria (1857–1943)Giampaolo Frezza and Francesco Parisi48. Karl Marx (1818–83) and Friedrich Engels (1820–95)Heath Pearson49. Carl Menger (1840–1921)Richard E. Wagner50. Plato (c. 427–349 BC)Wolfgang Drechsler51. Wilhelm Roscher (1817–94)Erich Streissler52. Emil Sax (1845–1927)Manfred Prisching53. Gustav von Schmoller (1838–1917)Helge Peukert54. Adam Smith (1723–90)Helge Peukert55. Werner Sombart (1863–1941)Günther Chaloupek56. Lorenz von Stein (1815–90)Heinz Grossekettler57. George Joseph Stigler (1911–92)Peter R. Senn58. Pietro Trimarchi (1934–)Giampaolo Frezza and Francesco Parisi59. Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929)Heath Pearson60. Max Weber (1864–1920)Helge Peukert61. Christian Wolff (1679–1754)Wolfgang DrechslerIndex