Economic analysis of liability rules /

This book focuses on the analysis of liability rules of tort law from an efficiency perspective, presenting a comprehensive analysis of these rules in a self-contained and rigorous yet accessible manner. It establishes general results on the efficiency of liability rules, including complete characte...

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Main Author: Jain, Satish Kumar (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Delhi Springer India Imprint: Springer, 2015.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Chapter 2. Efficiency Criteria
  • Chapter 3. The Structure of Efficient Liability Rules
  • Chapter 4. Decoupled Liability and Efficiency
  • Chapter 5. Negligence as Failure to Take Some Cost-Justified Precaution
  • Chapter 6. The Structure of Incremental Liability Rules
  • Chapter 7. The Negligence Rule
  • Chapter 8. Decomposition of Loss and a Class of Negligence Rules
  • Chapter 9. Multiple Injurers and Victims
  • Chapter 10. Epilogue.