There is an ever increasing interest in the question of how and why legal norms
can effectively guide human action. This compact textbook demonstrates how
economic tools can be used to examine this question and scrutinize these legal
norms. Indeed, this is one of the first textbooks to be based on civil law instead of
the more usual common law, situating the study of both private and public law
within the framework of institutional economics, with recommendations for further
reading and a list of key terms in each chapter. Besides the standard economic
problems in property, tort, contract, crime and litigation, areas covered include:

* new institutional economics
* public choice
* constitutional law
* public administrations
* regulatory impact analysis


This book will be essential reading for students in law schools and economics
departments alike, particularly those engaged with the methodology of law and
economics, applied economics and economic methods of legal policy.

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