Economics of Family Law

Edited by Margaret F. Brinig, Fritz Duda Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame University, US

‘Economics of Family Law, edited by Margaret Brinig is an indispensable source of legal information on every aspect of unions, but it is particularly important for the point of divorce.'

• Contents:Volume IAcknowledgementsIntroduction Margaret F. BrinigPART IBEFORE MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD A Outside Family Institutions1. George A. Akerlof, Janet L. Yellin and Michael L. Katz (1996), ‘An Analysis of Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing in the United Sates’2. Elisabeth M. Landes and Richard A. Posner (1978), ‘The Economics of the Baby Shortage’3. Margaret F. Brinig (1990), ‘Rings and Promises’4. Margaret F. Brinig and Steven L. Nock (2004), ‘Marry Me, Bill: Should Cohabitation be the (Legal) Default Option?’5. Stéphane Mechoulan (2006), ‘Divorce Laws and the Structure of the American Family’B Choice of Spouse and Premarital Bargaining6. Margaret F. Brinig and Michael V. Alexeev (1995), ‘Fraud in Courtship: Annulment and Divorce’7. Douglas W. Allen (1992), ‘What Does She See in Him? The Effect of Sharing on the Choice of Spouse’8. Amy L. Wax (1997), ‘Bargaining in the Shadow of the Market: Is There a Future for Egalitarian Marriage?’PART IIPARENTING AND BEING MARRIED AFamily and State9. Gary S. Becker and Kevin M. Murphy (1988), ‘The Family and The State’10. Elizabeth S. Scott and Robert E. Scott (1995), ‘Parents as Fiduciaries’11. Jennifer Roback Morse (1995), The Development of the Child, Prepared for the Liberty Fund Symposium: The Family, the Person and the StateBThe Family Firm12. Steven L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig (2002), ‘Weak Men and Disorderly Women: Divorce and the Division of Labor’13. Brian H. Bix (2001), ‘How to Plot Love on an Indifference Curve’14. Saul Levmore (1995), ‘Love It or Leave It: Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Exclusivity of Remedies in Partnership and Marriage’CThe Unhappy Family15. Shelly Lundberg and Robert A. Pollak (1993), ‘Separate Spheres Bargaining and the Marriage Market’16. Allen M. Parkman (1998), ‘Why are Married Women Working So Hard?’Name IndexVolume IIAcknowledgementsAn introduction by the editor to both volumes appears in Volume IPART IDIVORCE AND THE DIVORCE PROCESS AWhen and Why People Divorce1. Gary S. Becker, Elisabeth M. Landes and Robert T. Michael (1977), ‘An Economic Analysis of Marital Instability’2. Lloyd Cohen (1987), ‘Marriage, Divorce and Quasi-Rents; Or “I Gave Him the Best Years of My Life”’3. H. Elizabeth Peters (1986), ‘Marriage and Divorce: Informational Constraints and Private Contracting’4. Douglas W. Allen (1992), ‘Marriage and Divorce: Comment’5. Leora Friedberg (1998), ‘Did Unilateral Divorce Raise Divorce Rates? Evidence From Panel Data’BThe Role of Law and the Divorce Process6. Margaret F. Brinig and Douglas W. Allen (2000), ‘“These Boots are Made for Walking”: Why Most Divorce Filers Are Women’7. Yoram Weiss and Robert J. Willis (1993), ‘Transfers Among Divorced Couples: Evidence and Interpretation’8. Yoram Weiss and Robert J. Willis (1985), ‘Children as Collective Goods in Divorce Settlements’9. Allen M. Parkman (1995), ‘Human Capital as Property in Celebrity Divorces’10. Elisabeth M. Landes (1978), ‘Economics of Alimony’PART IIINTERGENERATIONAL FAMILIES 11. John H. Langbein (1988), ‘The Twentieth-Century Revolution in Family Wealth Transmission’12. James M. Buchanan (1983), ‘Rent Seeking, Noncompensated Transfers, and Laws of Succession’13. Margaret F. Brinig, Gerald Jogerst, Jeanette Daly, Gretchen Schmuch and Jeffrey Dawson (2004), ‘The Public Choice of Elder Abuse Law’Name Index