This article surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law—the use of public agents
(inspectors, tax auditors, police, prosecutors) to detect and to sanction violators of legal …

This chapter surveys the theory of the public enforcement of law—the use of governmental
agents (regulators, inspectors, tax auditors, police, prosecutors) to detect and to sanction …

Law and Economics (2-downloads) Page 1 SIXTH EDITION Law& Economics ROBERT
COOTER University of California, Berkeley THOMAS ULEN University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign …

Realist and other scholars commonly hold that rationally led states can and sometimes do
fight when no peaceful bargains exist that both would prefer to war. Against this view, I show …

This famous passage from Marshall's Principles of Economics (it first appeared in the fifth
edition which came out in 1907) nicely brings out two issues, which are as germane to …

The authors first explain the various ways the rationality assumption is used in legal
scholarship and why it leads to unsatisfying policy prescriptions. They then systematically …

How can property rights be protected and contracts be enforced in countries where the rule
of law is ineffective or absent? How can firms from advanced market economies do business …

Our copyright law is based on the charming notion that authors create something from
nothing, that works owe their origin 2 to the authors who produce them.'Arguments for …

ECONOMISTS, even those who are deeply interested in government and politics, have not
examined critically the idea of a nonpolitical, or" independent," judiciary.'Most economists …

In recent years, scholars and policymakers have rediscovered the concept of industrial
districts-spatial concentrations offirms in the same industry or related industries. In this …