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Economic Analysis of Accident Law / Steven Shavell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©1987Description: 1 online resource (326 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674043510
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 346.0322
LOC classification:
  • K923 -- S43 1987eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Liability and Deterrence: Basic Theory -- 3. Liability of Firms -- 4. Factors Bearing on the Determination of Negligence -- 5. Causation and the Scope of Liability -- 6. The Magnitude of Liability: Damages -- 7. Other Topics in Liability -- 8. The Allocation of Risk and the Theory of Insurance -- 9. Liability, Risk-bearing, and Insurance: Basic Theory -- 10. Liability, Risk-bearing, and Insurance: Extensions to the Basic Theory -- 11. Liability and Administrative Costs -- 12. Liability versus Other Approaches to the Control of Risk -- 13. Critical Comments -- References -- Index
Summary: Accident law, if properly designed, is capable of reducing the incidence of mishaps by making people act more cautiously. Scholarly writing on this branch of law traditionally has been concerned with examining the law for consistency with felt notions of right and duty. Since the 1960s, however, a group of legal scholars and economists have focused on identifying the effects of accident law on people's behavior. Steven Shavell's book is the definitive synthesis of research to date in this new field.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674043510

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Liability and Deterrence: Basic Theory -- 3. Liability of Firms -- 4. Factors Bearing on the Determination of Negligence -- 5. Causation and the Scope of Liability -- 6. The Magnitude of Liability: Damages -- 7. Other Topics in Liability -- 8. The Allocation of Risk and the Theory of Insurance -- 9. Liability, Risk-bearing, and Insurance: Basic Theory -- 10. Liability, Risk-bearing, and Insurance: Extensions to the Basic Theory -- 11. Liability and Administrative Costs -- 12. Liability versus Other Approaches to the Control of Risk -- 13. Critical Comments -- References -- Index

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Accident law, if properly designed, is capable of reducing the incidence of mishaps by making people act more cautiously. Scholarly writing on this branch of law traditionally has been concerned with examining the law for consistency with felt notions of right and duty. Since the 1960s, however, a group of legal scholars and economists have focused on identifying the effects of accident law on people's behavior. Steven Shavell's book is the definitive synthesis of research to date in this new field.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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