Law and Economics - Hardcover

Harrison, Jeffrey L.; Theeuwes, Jules

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 039393053X ISBN 13: 9780393930535

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2008

Synopsis

Law and Economics features short chapters, allowing instructors to devise custom courses that match their interests. The text is a highly readable, accessible book, filled with compelling cases. It makes use of formal, technical economics only when necessary. Law and Economics makes the field come alive.

This appealing text for the Law and Economics course features:

• An engaging approach that stresses student comprehension
• Numerous cases based on court decisions
• Extensive coverage of important and timely topics such as the Coase theorem, intellectual property, and behavioral economics
• Law and Economics in Action boxes that heighten student interest
• Short chapters to allow maximum flexibility for the instructor

About this title

About the Author:

Jeffrey L. Harrison is a professor at the University of Florida’s College of Law. He holds both a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics. He is the author of many books, among them Regulation and Deregulation and Law and Economics in a Nutshell, 3e.

Jules Theeuwes is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His Ph.D. is in economics from the University of British Columbia.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 039393053X
• ISBN 13: 9780393930535
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576