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Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution
Robert D. Cooter
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Description for Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution
Hardback. Lawyers, judges, and scholars have long debated whether incentives in tort, contract, and restitution law effectively promote the welfare of society. This book explains how law might better serve the social good. Num Pages: 240 pages, 11 line illus. 4 tables. BIC Classification: LNB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Lawyers, judges, and scholars have long debated whether incentives in tort, contract, and restitution law effectively promote the welfare of society. If these incentives were ideal, tort law would reduce the cost and frequency of accidents, contract law would lubricate transactions, and restitution law would encourage people to benefit others. Unfortunately, the incentives in these laws lead to too many injuries, too little contractual cooperation, and too few unrequested benefits. Getting Incentives Right explains how law might better serve the social good. In tort law, Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat propose that all foreseeable risks should be included when ... Read more
Lawyers, judges, and scholars have long debated whether incentives in tort, contract, and restitution law effectively promote the welfare of society. If these incentives were ideal, tort law would reduce the cost and frequency of accidents, contract law would lubricate transactions, and restitution law would encourage people to benefit others. Unfortunately, the incentives in these laws lead to too many injuries, too little contractual cooperation, and too few unrequested benefits. Getting Incentives Right explains how law might better serve the social good. In tort law, Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat propose that all foreseeable risks should be included when ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691151595
SKU
V9780691151595
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About Robert D. Cooter
Robert D. Cooter is the Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Solomon's Knot, The Strategic Constitution (both Princeton), and Law and Economics. Ariel Porat is the Alain Poher Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University and the Fischel-Neil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. His books include ... Read more
Reviews for Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution
"Getting Incentives Right does just as the book's title says, and does so in a way that will startle and educate novices as well as seasoned economists and lawyers, not to mention law professors and their students. The book guides readers to places where multiple parties and margins are accounted for, casting brilliant light on important legal problems."—Saul Levmore, University ... Read more