Law and Economics: Positive, Normative and Behavioral Perspectives (American Casebook Series) - Hardcover

This textbook presents a broad examination of law and economics, including the questions of economic justice raised by the application of economics to law. It explores both conventional analysis and examines how that analysis may be affected by behavioral findings. A primary focus is on how economic analysis holds up in markets that are often defined by rights, perceived duties, and obligations. Chapters include the tools of analysis, behavioral economics, the Coase Theorem, contract law, tort law, criminal law, government regulation, antitrust, and intellectual property.

Jeffrey L. Harrison is the Stephen C. O'Connell Chair and Professor of Law at the University of Florida College of Law. He received his MBA and Ph.D. from the University of Florida and his JD from the University of North Carolina. He has held teaching positions at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the University of Texas, the University of Houston, and the Sorbonne, Paris. Among the books he has published are Understanding Antitrust and Its Economic Implications (with E. T. Sullivan), Law and Economics in a Nutshell, Law and Economics: Positive, Normative, and Behavioral Perspectives, Law and Economics (with Jules Theeuwes), and Regulation and Deregulation (with Thomas Morgan and Paul Verkuil).