The Economics of Legal Relationships
About the Book Series
The long-running, prestigious ”Economics of Legal Relationships” book series published by Routledge covers the wide-ranging body of literature of both normative and positive Law and Economics. Its goal is to include a broad range of subject matters, across time and place, and inclusive of the various schools of thought that comprise the field of Law and Economics that now occupies a firm home in both economics and the law, as well as contiguous disciplines. The series includes single-authored and co-authored full-length manuscripts and edited volumes, exploring how property rights, rules, laws, regulations, and institutions and their creation/formation shape and affect social interactions and ultimately political-economic outcomes. The series also includes short-form titles (20,000-50,000 words) covering emerging areas or “hot topics.”
If you would like to discuss a potential new book for the series, please contact:
• Dr. Thomas D. Jeitschko – [email protected] – Series Editor, or
• Kristina Abbotts – [email protected] – Routledge Commissioning Editor
Economics, Capitalism, and Corporations: Contradictions of Corporate Law, Economics, and the Theory of the Firm
1st Edition
By Wm. Dennis Huber
August 01, 2022
This book is a continuation of Corporate Law and the Theory of the Firm: Reconstructing Corporations, Shareholders, Directors, Owners, and Investors. The author extends his analysis of contract law, property law, agency law, trust law, and corporate statutory law and applies that analysis to defy ...
Corporate Law and the Theory of the Firm: Reconstructing Corporations, Shareholders, Directors, Owners, and Investors
1st Edition
By Wm. Dennis Huber
December 13, 2021
Dozens of judicial opinions have held that shareholders own corporations, that directors are agents of shareholders, and even that directors are trustees of shareholders’ property. Yet, until now, it has never been proven. These doctrines rest on unsubstantiated assumptions. In this book the ...
Economic Analysis of Property Law Cases
1st Edition
By Boudewijn R. A. Bouckaert
December 13, 2021
The discipline of law and economics has earned a reputation for developing plausible and empirically testable theories on the social functions and the impact of legal institutions. Property rights are a field in which this has been very successful. In this book, economic property rights theories ...
Extraterritoriality and International Bribery: A Collective Action Perspective
1st Edition
By Branislav Hock
April 01, 2021
The book presents a collective action perspective to explain how extraterritoriality functions and assess when, and to what extent, extraterritoriality is effective. A collective action perspective provides a new account of foreign anti-bribery laws and their extraterritorial enforcement that draws...
Law and Economics as Interdisciplinary Exchange: Philosophical, Methodological and Historical Perspectives
1st Edition
Edited
By Péter Cserne, Magdalena Małecka
April 01, 2021
Law and Economics is an established field of research and arguably one of the few examples of a successful interdisciplinary project. This book explores whether, or to what extent, that interdisciplinarity has indeed been a success. It provides insights on the foundations and methods, achievements ...
The Role of Law and Regulation in Sustaining Financial Markets
1st Edition
Edited
By Niels Philipsen, Guangdong Xu
September 30, 2020
This book explores the role of law and regulation in sustaining financial markets in both developed and developing countries, particularly the European Union, United States and China. The central argument of this book is that law matters for the operation of financial markets, which, in turn, ...
Law and Economics of Public Procurement Reforms
1st Edition
Edited
By Gustavo Piga, Tunde Tatrai
August 14, 2020
Appropriate laws and regulations are essential tools to direct the action of procurers toward the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources. Common laws and regulations across regions, nations and continents potentially allow for the further opening of markets and ventures to ...
Public Procurement Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Gustavo Piga, Tunde Tatrai
June 30, 2020
Appropriate laws and regulations are an essential tool to direct the action of procurers toward the public good and avoid corruption and misallocation of resources. Common laws and regulations across regions, nations and continents potentially allow for the further opening of markets and ventures ...
Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma
1st Edition
By Nuno Garoupa, Carlos Gómez Ligüerre, Lela Mélon
August 08, 2019
Economists advise that the law should seek efficiency. More recently, it has been suggested that common law systems are more conducive of economic growth than code-based civil law systems. This book argues that there is no theory to support such statements and provides evidence that rejects a '...
Law and Economics: Philosophical Issues and Fundamental Questions
1st Edition
Edited
By Aristides Hatzis, Nicholas Mercuro
May 25, 2017
The Law and Economics approach to law dominates the intellectual discussion of nearly every doctrinal area of law in the United States and its influence is growing steadily throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. Numerous academics and practitioners are working in the field with a flow of ...
Economics and Regulation in China
1st Edition
Edited
By Michael Faure, Guangdong Xu
November 10, 2016
This book, from a top international group of scholars, explores the ways in which economic tools can be used to improve the quality of regulation in general and legislative tools in particular. As the role of law becomes increasingly important in China, the question arises of how effective ...
The Applied Law and Economics of Public Procurement
1st Edition
Edited
By Gustavo Piga, Steen Treumer
August 19, 2016
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 ...