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Sanchirico, William Chris --- "Procedural Law and Economics" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012) [2012] ELECD 84

Editor(s): Sanchirico, William Chris

Title: Procedural Law and Economics

Series: Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Second Edition

Topics: Law and Economics

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 31 January 2012

Number of pages: 544

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847208248

EISBN: 9781782540472

Abstract/Description:

With contributions from some of the leading scholars in law and economics, this comprehensive book summarizes the state of economic research on litigation, procedure and evidence.

Among the topics covered are the settlement negotiations; discovery; the incentive to sue; theories of legal evidence; evidentiary misconduct; and the privilege against self-incrimination.

Procedural Law and Economics will be a valuable reference tool for academics and post graduate students in law, business, and economics. Anyone with a general interest how legal process does and should work will also find much to interest them in this book.