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Economic analysis of accident law / Steven Shavell.

Title
Economic analysis of accident law / Steven Shavell.
Author
Shavell, Steven, 1946-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1987.

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Description
xii, 312 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Torts
  • Torts > Economic aspects
  • Risk (Insurance)
  • Jurisprudence > Economic aspects
  • Liability, Legal
Note
  • Includes index.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. [301]-308.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Liability and deterrence: basic theory -- Liability of firms -- Factors bearing on the determination of negligence -- Causation and scope of liability -- The magnitiude of liability: damages -- Other topics in liability -- The allocation of risk and the theory of insurance -- Liability, risk-bearing, and insurance: basic theory -- Liability, risk-bearing, and insurance: extensions to the basic theory -- Liability and administrative costs -- Liability versus other approaches to the control of risk -- Critical comments.
ISBN
0674225252 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^86029498^
OCLC
  • 14818997
  • SCSB-10327320
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library