The Elgar Companion to Law and Economics 1999

This authoritative and comprehensive reference work introduces the reader to the major concepts and leading contributors in the field of law and economics. The Companion features accessible, informative and provocative entries on all the significant areas and breaks new ground by bringing together widely dispersed but theoretically congruent ideas for the first time. An important feature of the book is the inclusion of 26 scholarly biographies of the founding fathers of law and economics. As a major source of reference on law and economics, the Companion will be welcomed by both students and teachers in law and economics, and will also have relevance for industrial economists and historians of economic thought. This Comprehensive Reference Introduces Major Concepts And Leading Contributors In The Fields Of Law And Economics. It Features Accessible Entries On All The Significant Areas And Also Brings Together Some Hitherto Seemingly Incongruent Ideas. Also Included Are 22 Scholarly Biographies. Part I Basics Of The Law And Economics Approach -- 1 Coase Theorem And Transaction Cost Economics In The Law / Francesco Parisi 7 -- 2 Property Rights And Their Partitioning / Christian Muller, Manfred Tietzel 40 -- 3 Legal Change In Economic Analysis / John N. Drobak, Douglass C. North 53 -- Part Ii Private Law And Economics -- 4 Family / Margaret Brinig 61 -- 5 Inheritance / Richard E. Wagner 77 -- Part Iii Public Law And Economics -- 6 Central Bank / Zeljko Sevic 87 -- 7 Constitutional Economics / Ludwig Van Den Hauwe 100 -- 8 Administrative Law And Economics / Jean-michel Josselin, Alain Marciano 115 -- 9 Property / Thomas J. Miceli 121 -- 10 Subsidiarity / Jurgen G. Backhaus 136 -- Part Iv Labour Law And Economics -- 11 Labour Contract / Don Bellante 147 -- 12 Company Board Representation / Jurgen G. Backhaus 155 -- 13 Employment Security Through Dismissal Protection: Market Versus Policy Failures / Christoph F. Buechtemann, Ulrich Walwei 168 -- Part V Regulation, Taxation And Public Enterprise -- 14 Structures Of Public Enterprise / Jurgen G. Backhaus 185 -- 15 Environmental Law And Economics / A. Allan Schmid 201 -- 16 Regulatory Taxation / Jurgen G. Backhaus 206 -- Part Vi Dispute Resolution -- 17 Dispute Resolution / Thomas J. Miceli 219 -- Part Vii Different Sources Of The Law -- 18 General Norms And Customs / Jean-michel Josselin, Alain Marciano 233 -- 19 Different Sources Of The Law / Peter R. Senn 240 -- 20 Social Science As A Source Of The Law / Peter R. Senn 249 -- 21 Cognitive Science / John N. Drobak 260 -- 22 Connections With Law And Society Research / Jurgen G. Backhaus 265 -- Part Viii Towards An Ideal Economic Analysis Of A Legal Problem -- 23 Towards An Ideal Economic Analysis Of A Legal Problem / Jurgen G. Backhaus 271 -- Part Ix Classical Authors In Law And Economics -- 24 Cesare Beccaria (1738-94) / Francesco Parisi, Giampaolo Frezza 281 -- 25 Franz Bohm (1895-1977) / Heinz Grossekettler 294 -- 26 John R. Commons (1862-1945) / Warren J. Samuels 304 -- 27 Otto Von Gierke (1841-1921) / Jurgen G. Backhaus 313 -- 28 Augusto Graziani (1865-1944) / Giampaolo Frezza, Francesco Parisi 316 -- 29 Robert Lee Hale (1884-1969) -- Legal Economist / Nicholas Mercuro, Steven G. Medema, Warren J. Samuels 325 -- 30 Friedrich August Von Hayek (1899-1992) / Ludwig Van Den Hauwe 339 -- 31 Theodor Herzl (1860-1904) / Peter R. Senn 349 -- 32 Rudolf Von Jhering (1818-92) And The Economy Of Justice / J.l.m. Elders 358 -- 33 Franz Klein (1854-1926) / Peter Lewisch 366 -- 34 Friedrich List (1789-1846) / Arno Mong Daastol 375 -- 35 Achille Loria (1857-1943) / Giampaolo Frezza, Francesco Parisi 392 -- 36 Karl Marx (1818-83) And Friedrich Engels (1820-95) / Heath Pearson 403 -- 37 Carl Menger (1840-1921) / Richard E. Wagner 412 -- 38 Plato (c.427-349 Bc) / Wolfgang Drechsler 420 -- 39 Wilhelm Roscher (1817-94) / Erich Streissler 425 -- 40 Emil Sax (1845-1927) / Manfred Prisching 435 -- 41 Gustav Von Schmoller (1838-1917) / Helge Peukert 445 -- 42 Adam Smith (1723-90) / Helge Peukert 455 -- 43 Werner Sombart (1863-1941) / Gunther Chaloupek 466 -- 44 Lorenz Von Stein (1815-90) / Heinz Grossekettler 472 -- 45 George Joseph Stigler (1911-92) / Peter R. Senn 483 -- 46 Pietro Trimarchi (1934- ) / Giampaolo Frezza, Francesco Parisi 492 -- 47 Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929) / Heath Pearson 509 -- 48 Max Weber (1864-1920) / Helge Peukert 515 -- 49 Christian Wolff (1679-1754) / Wolfgang Drechsler 527. Edited By Jürgen G. Backhaus. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.