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The Economics of Legal Relationships

Series Editor: Nicholas Mercuro, Michael D. Kaplowitz

Routledge are proud to be the publishers of the prestigious series The Economics of Legal Relationships, which is sponsored by Michigan State University College of Law, and which continues to be edited by Professors Nicholas Mercuro and Michael D. Kaplowitz of Michigan State University College of Law, USA. This series, with a fine back catalogue of books, is dedicated to publishing original scholarly contributions that systematically analyze legal-economic issues.

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1-10 of 13 results in The Economics of Legal Relationships
  1. Network Access, Regulation and Antitrust

    Edited by Diana L. Moss

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    The rapid growth of network industries has generated much comment amongst academics and policy makers. This timely volume takes an interdisciplinary, case study-based approach to examining network issues and experiences in order to develop recommendations that can inform antitrust, regulatory and...

    Published November 1st 2012 by Routledge

  2. The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement

    Edited by Gustavo Piga, Steen Treumer

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    This book explores Public Procurement novelties and challenges in an interdisciplinary way. The process whereby the public sector awards contracts to companies for the supply of works, goods or services is a powerful instrument to ensure the achievement of new public goals as well as an efficient...

    Published September 5th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Property Rights, Economics and the Environment

    Edited by Michael D. Kaplowitz

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    This book explores how discussions of environmental policy increasingly require scholars and practitioners to integrate legal-economic analyses of property rights issues. An excellent array of contributors have come together for the first time to produce this magnificent book....

    Published June 28th 2012 by Routledge

  4. Patent Policy

    Legal-Economic Effects in a National and International Framework

    By Pia Weiss

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    Intellectual property rights have become increasingly important for our modern economies in recent years. Although the entire patent system has a profound effect on the decision of firms of whether to conduct research and at which volume, patent law is the heart of the entire patent system....

    Published March 16th 2010 by Routledge

  5. Property Rights Dynamics

    A Law and Economics Perspective

    Edited by Donatella Porrini, Giovanni Ramello

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    Issues such as the patentability of scientific ideas, the market for organs and open source software are hotly debated and yet poorly understood. In particular, there is a great need for sound economic theorizing on such issues. There is also a need for a clear and concise exposition of the...

    Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge

  6. The Legal-Economic Nexus

    Fundamental Processes

    By Warren Samuels

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    Providing another key contribution to the immensely popular field of law and economics, this book, written by the doyen of the history of economic thought in the US, explores the dynamic relationship between economics, law and polity. Combining a selection of old and new essays by Warren J....

    Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge

  7. The Firm as an Entity

    Implications for Economics, Accounting and the Law

    By Yuri Biondi, Arnaldo Canziani, Thierry Kirat

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    The book enhances current economic understanding of the firm as an institution and an organization, looking beyond the narrow boundaries of neoclassical economics to an interdisciplinary approach based on accounting and law as well as economics itself. It represents the first...

    Published June 15th 2009 by Routledge

  8. Alternative Institutional Structures

    Evolution and impact

    Edited by Sandra Batie, Nicholas Mercuro

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    In the spring on 2006, a workshop was held at Michigan State University to honour the career of A. Allan Schmid and his writings about how institutions evolve and how alternative institutions, including property rights, shape political relationships and impact economic performance. This edited book...

    Published June 15th 2008 by Routledge

  9. Economics, Law and Individual Rights

    Edited by Hugo M. Mialon, Paul H. Rubin

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    This is the first book to examine individual rights from an economic perspective, collecting together leading articles in this emerging area of interest and showing the vibrant and expanding scholarship that relates them. Areas covered include The implications of constitutional protections of...

    Published February 6th 2008 by Routledge

  10. Just Exchange

    A Theory of Contract

    By Francis H. Buckley

    Series: The Economics of Legal Relationships

    Now, for the first time, there is a comprehensive, eminently readable book designed to focus thinking in the area of contract law. This book bridges the gap between law and economics by confronting normative values that economists too often deem the preserve of moral philosophers. Contract...

    Published December 1st 2004 by Routledge

Forthcoming Books

  1. The Rule of Law: The Justice Sector and Economic Development
    Edited by Maria Dakolias, Sandra E. Oxner
    To Be Published February 28th 2013
  2. Bubbles, Law and Financial Regulation
    By Erik F. Gerding
    To Be Published July 31st 2013
  3. Economics and Regulation in China
    Edited by Michael Faure, Guangdong Xu
    To Be Published August 30th 2013
  4. Predatory Pricing in Antitrust Law and Economics
    By Nicola Giocoli
    To Be Published September 30th 2013
  5. Norms and Values in Law and Economics
    By Aristides Hatzis
    To Be Published December 31st 2013

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