Economic Analysis of Law

CONTENTS: LAW AND ECONOMICS: AN INTRODUCTION * 1) Nature of Economic Reasoning 2) The Economic Approach to Law THE COMMON LAW * 1) Property 2) Contract Rights and Remedies 3) Family Law and Sexual Regulation 6) Tort Law 7) Criminal Law 8) The Common Law, Legal History and Jurisprudence PUBLIC REGULATION OF THE MARKET * 9) The Theory of Monopoly 10) The Antitrust Laws 11) The Regulation of the Employment Relation 12) Public Utility and Common Carrier Regulation 13) The Choice Between Regulation and Common Law THE LAW OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND FINANCIAL MARKETS * 14) Corporations (w/a glance at lending and bankruptcy) 15) Financial Markets LAW AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF INCOME AND WEALTH * Income Inequalities, Distributive Justice and Poverty * Taxation * The Transmission of Wealth at Death THE LEGAL PROCESS * The Market, the Adversary System, and the Legislative Process as Methods of resource Allocation * The Process of Legal Rulemaking * Civil and Criminal Procedure * Law Enforcement and the Administrative Process THE CONSTITUTION AND THE FEDERAL SYSTEM * The Nature and Functions of the Constitution * Economic Due Process * Economics of Federalism * Racial Discrimination * The Protection of Free Markets in Ideas and Religion * Searches, Seizures, and Interrogations