Economic analysis of law / Richard A. Posner.

New York : Aspen Publishers, 2007.

7th ed.

59375

Law and economics -- United States.

1. The nature of economic reasoning

2. The economic approach to law

3. Property

4. Contract rights and remedies

5. Family law and sex law

6. Tort law

7. Criminal law

8. The common law, legal history and jurisprudence

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

14. Corporations, secured and unsecured financing, bankruptcy

15. Financial markets

16. Income inequalities, distributive justice, and poverty

17. Taxation

18. The transmission of wealth at death

19. The market, the adversary system, and the legislative process as methods of resource allocation

20. The process of legal rulemaking

21. Civil and criminal procedure

22. Evidence

23. Law enforcement and the administrative process

24. The nature and functions of the Constitution

25. Economic due process

26. The economics of federalism

27. Racial discrimination

28. The protection of free markets in ideas and religion

29. Searches, seizures, and interrogations.

This comprehensive text covers every aspect of economic analysis of the law, from common law to the Constitution.

Includes bibliographical references and indices.

9780735563544

xxii, 787 p. : ill. ; 26 cm