Bibliograph

Getting incentives right, improving torts, contracts, and restitution, Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat

Type

Label

Getting incentives right, improving torts, contracts, and restitution, Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Getting incentives right

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

853313621

Responsibility statement

Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat

Sub title

improving torts, contracts, and restitution

Table Of Contents

Torts and misalignments -- Prices, sanctions, and discontinuities -- The injurer's self-risk puzzle -- Negligence per se and unaccounted risks -- Lapses and substitution -- Total liability for excessive harm -- Contracts and victims' incentives -- Unity in the law of tort and contracts -- Anti-insurance -- Decreasing liability contracts and the assistant interest -- Restitution and positive externalities -- A public goods theory of restitution -- Liability externalities and mandatory choices -- The relationship between nonlegal sanctions and damages

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Contributor