Encyclopedia of Law and Economics

With contributions from some of the leading scholars in law and economics, this comprehensive book summarizes the state of economic research on litigation, procedure and evidence.Among the topics covered are the settlement negotiations; discovery; the incentive to sue; theories of legal evidence; evidentiary misconduct; and the privilege against self-incrimination.Procedural Law and Economics will be a valuable reference tool for academics and post graduate students in law, business, and economics. Anyone with a general interest how legal process does and should work will also find much to interest them in this book.Contributors include: L. Bebchuk, R. Bone, A. Daughety, L. Froeb, G. Hadfield, K. Hylton, A. Katz, A. Klement, B. Kobayashi, L. Kornhauser, H. Lin, T. Miceli, T. Miles, E.A. O'Hara, J. Reinganum, L. Ribstein, C. Sanchirico, A. Stein