Law and Economics

Law and Economics

Jeffrey L. Harrison, Jules Theeuwes
$201.00
Publication Date: March 7th, 2008
Publisher:
W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN:
9780393930535
Pages:
576

Description

Law and Economics features short chapters, allowing instructors to devise custom courses that match their interests. The text is a highly readable, accessible book, filled with compelling cases. It makes use of formal, technical economics only when necessary. Law and Economics makes the field come alive.

This appealing text for the Law and Economics course features:

  • An engaging approach that stresses student comprehension
  • Numerous cases based on court decisions
  • Extensive coverage of important and timely topics such as the Coase theorem, intellectual property, and behavioral economics
  • Law and Economics in Action boxes that heighten student interest
  • Short chapters to allow maximum flexibility for the instructor

About the Author

Jeffrey L. Harrison is a professor at the University of Florida’s College of Law. He holds both a J.D. and a Ph.D. in economics. He is the author of many books, among them Regulation and Deregulation and Law and Economics in a Nutshell, 3e.

Jules Theeuwes is Professor of Applied Economics at the University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands. His Ph.D. is in economics from the University of British Columbia.