Cooter / Porat Getting Incentives Right

Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution
Course Book
ISBN: 978-1-4008-5039-6
Verlag: De Gruyter
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E-Book, Englisch, 240 Seiten

Robert D. Cooter is the Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Solomon's Knot, The Strategic Constitution (both Princeton), and Law and Economics. Ariel Porat is the Alain Poher Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University and the Fischel-Neil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. His books include Tort Liability under Uncertainty, Torts, and Contributory Fault in the Law of Contracts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Cooter, Robert D.

Porat, Ariel

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Schuldrecht Schadensersatz, Schmerzensgeld
• Rechtswissenschaften Bürgerliches Recht Schuldrecht Haftpflichtrecht, Deliktsrecht, Produkthaftungsrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction 1

I. Torts and Misalignments 13

1. Prices, Sanctions, and Discontinuities 17

2. The Injurer’s Self-Risk Puzzle 32

3. Negligence Per Se and Unaccounted Risks 47

4. Lapses and Substitution 61

5. Total Liability for Excessive Harm 74

II. Contracts and Victims' Incentives 89

6. Unity in the Law of Torts and Contracts 92

7. Anti-Insurance 105

8. Decreasing Liability Contracts and the Assistant Interest 128

III. Restitution and Positive Externalities 149

9. A Public Goods Theory of Restitution 151

10. Liability Externalities and Mandatory Choices 165

11. The Relationship between Nonlegal Sanctions and Damages 187

Conclusion 207

Table of Cases 211

Table of Books and Articles 213

Subject Index 220

Über Autor(innen)

Robert D. Cooter is the Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include Solomon's Knot, The Strategic Constitution (both Princeton), and Law and Economics. Ariel Porat is the Alain Poher Professor of Law at Tel Aviv University and the Fischel-Neil Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Chicago. His books include Tort Liability under Uncertainty, Torts, and Contributory Fault in the Law of Contracts.