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Markets, morals, and the law / Jules L. Coleman.
Record no.:
4659
Author:
Coleman, Jules L.;
Publisher:
New York :: Cambridge University Press,
Year:
1988.
Description:
xvii, 393 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Law (Philosophical concept);
Legal positivism.;
Law and ethics.;
Torts - Economic aspects.;
Law - Philosophy.;
Notes:
Nagle Library copy ex dono Adrian Diethelm, Rector.
Bibliography: p. [343]-393.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0521363055 0521368545 (pbk.);
Abstract:
Part I. Law and Morality: 1. Negative and positive positivism -- 2. Rethinking the theory of legal rights -- Part II. Law and Economics: 3. Efficiency, auction and exchange -- 4. Efficiency, utility and wealth maximisation -- 5. The foundation of constitutional
economics -- Part III. Torts, Crimes and Settlements: 6. Crimes, kickers and transaction structures -- 7. The morality of strict tort liability -- 8. Corrective justice and wrongful gain -- 9. Justice in settlements -- Part IV. Markets, Morals and Politics: 10. Market contractarianism -- 11. Unanimity -- 12. Democracy and social choice -- 13. Morality and the theory of rational choice.
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