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The Economics of Legal Relationships

Series Editor: Nicholas Mercuro, Michael D. Kaplowitz

Routledge are proud to be the publishers of the prestigious series The Economics of Legal Relationships, which is sponsored by Michigan State University College of Law, and which continues to be edited by Professors Nicholas Mercuro and Michael D. Kaplowitz of Michigan State University College of Law, USA. This series, with a fine back catalogue of books, is dedicated to publishing original scholarly contributions that systematically analyze legal-economic issues.

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11-14 of 14 results in The Economics of Legal Relationships

  1. Just Exchange

    A Theory of Contract

    By Francis H. Buckley

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    Now, for the first time, there is a comprehensive, eminently readable book designed to focus thinking in the area of contract law. This book bridges the gap between law and economics by confronting normative values that economists too often deem the preserve of moral philosophers. Contract...

    Published December 1st 2004 by Routledge

  2. The Fundamental Interrelationships between Government and Property

    Edited by Nicholas Mercuro, Warren J. Samuels

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    This collection of 22 commissioned essays from scholars across numerous fields responded to the question: What are the most fundamental things you can say concerning the interrelations between the institutions of government and property? Contributing authors were asked to address this question in a...

    Published July 16th 2003 by Routledge

  3. The End of a Natural Monopoly

    Deregulation and Competition in the Electric Power Industry

    Edited by Daniel H. Cole, Peter Grossman

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    This book addresses the fundamental issues underlying the debate over electric power regulation and deregulation. After decades of the presumption that the electric power industry was a natural monopoly, recent times have seen a trend of deregulation followed by panicked re-regulation. This...

    Published July 16th 2003 by Routledge

  4. Law and Economics in Civil Law Countries

    Edited by Bruno Deffains, Thierry Kirat

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    The aim of the book is to highlight the law and economics issues confronting civil law countries. The following questions are addressed in this volume: to what extent have the existing codes in civil law countries been designed to incorporate economic considerations? Can the modifications made to...

    Published July 16th 2003 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. Economics and Regulation in China
    Edited by Michael Faure, Guangdong Xu
    To Be Published August 19th 2013
  2. Law, Bubbles and Financial Regulation
    By Erik F. Gerding
    To Be Published September 30th 2013
  3. Predatory Pricing in Antitrust Law and Economics
    By Nicola Giocoli
    To Be Published September 30th 2013
  4. Norms and Values in Law and Economics
    Edited by Nicholas Mercuro
    To Be Published December 31st 2013
  5. A Guide to Posner's Economic Analysis of Law
    Edited by Alain Marciano, Sophie Harnay
    To Be Published February 28th 2014

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