Economic Analysis of Accident Law / / Steven Shavell.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
• VerfasserIn: Shavell, Steven,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (326 p.)

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.

Table of 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