Pursuit of Justice Law and Economics of Legal Institutions

Name: Pursuit of Justice Law and Economics of Legal Institutions
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ISBN: 9780230102453

ISBN-10: 023010245X

ISBN-13: 9780230102453

Edition: 2010

Authors: Edward J. Lï¿½pez, Robert D. Tollison

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The Pursuit of Justiceis a realistic yet hopeful analysis of how the law works in practice rather than in theory. The multi-chapter discussion recognizes that decision makers in the law -- judges, lawyers, juries, police, forensic experts and more -- respond systematically to the incentive structures with which they are confronted. In turn, incentives are a function of economic and institutional design. While these chapters shed light on how perverse incentives result in adverse outcomes, each chapter also suggests institutional reforms that would create better incentives within the legal system.

Book details

List price: $54.99
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 7/21/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 6.07" wide x 9.26" long x 0.72" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



An Introduction to the Pursuit of Justice



The Rise of Government Law Enforcement in England



Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes?



Romancing Forensics: Legal Failure in Forensic Science Administration



Judicial Checks on Corruption



Effects of Judicial Selection on Criminal Sentencing



Economic Development Takings as Government Failure



On the Impossibility of "Just Compensation" When Property is Taken



The Lawyer-Judge Hypothesis



Class Action Rent Extraction



Cy Pres and its Predators



Licensing Lawyers: Failure in the Provision of Legal Services