ISBN : 9780190901356
This book offers a state-of-the-art overview of behavioral law and economics surveying the entire body of psychological research that lies at the basis of behavioral analysis of law, and critically evaluating the core methodological questions. It discusses the fundamental normative questions stemming from the psychological findings on bounded rationality, and explores their implications for setting the law's goals and designing the means to attain them.
Preface
Introduction
Part I: Economic and Psychological Background
Chapter 1. Economic Analysis of Law: An Overview
Chapter 2. Behavioral Studies
Part II: Behavioral Law and Economics: A Synopsis
Chapter 3. An Overview of Behavioral Law and Economics
Chapter 4. Normative Implications
Chapter 5. Behavioral Insights and Basic Features of the Law
Part III: Private and Commercial Law
Chapter 6. Property Law
Chapter 7. Contract Law
Chapter 8. Consumer Contracts
Chapter 9. Tort Law
Chapter 10. Commercial Law: Corporate Law, Securities Regulation, and Antitrust
Part IV: Public Law
Chapter 11. Administrative, Constitutional, and International Law
Chapter 12: Criminal Law and Enforcement
Chapter 13. Tax Law
Part V: The Legal Process
Chapter 14. Litigants' Behavior
Chapter 15. Judicial Decision-Making
Chapter 16. Evidence Law
Index