By what criteria should public policy be evaluated? Fairness and justice? Or the welfare of individuals? Debate over this fundamental question has spanned the ages. 
 Fairness versus Welfare poses a bold challenge to contemporary moral philosophy by showing that most moral principles conflict more sharply with welfare than is generally recognized. In particular, the authors demonstrate that all principles that are not based exclusively on welfare will sometimes favor policies under which literally everyone would be worse off. The book draws on the work of moral philosophers, economists, evolutionary and cognitive psychologists, and legal academics to scrutinize a number of particular subjects that have engaged legal scholars and moral philosophers. 
 How can the deeply problematic nature of all nonwelfarist principles be reconciled with our moral instincts and intuitions that support them? The authors offer a fascinating explanation of the origins of our moral instincts and intuitions, developing ideas originally advanced by Hume and Sidgwick and more recently explored by psychologists and evolutionary theorists. Their analysis indicates that most moral principles that seem appealing, upon examination, have a functional explanation, one that does not justify their being accorded independent weight in the assessment of public policy. 
 Fairness versus Welfare has profound implications for the theory and practice of policy analysis and has already generated considerable debate in academia.

Fairness versus Welfare

Shavell, Steven

Kaplow, Louis

Business & Money

Harvard University Press

What effects do laws have? Do individuals drive more cautiously, clear ice from sidewalks more diligently, and commit fewer crimes because of the threat of legal sanctions? Do corporations pollute less, market safer products, and obey contracts to avoid suit? And given the effects of laws, which are socially best? Such questions about the influence and desirability of laws have been investigated by legal scholars and economists in a new, rigorous, and systematic manner since the 1970s. Their approach, which is called economic, is widely considered to be intellectually compelling and to have revolutionized thinking about the law. 
In this book Steven Shavell provides an in-depth analysis and synthesis of the economic approach to the building blocks of our legal system, namely, property law, tort law, contract law, and criminal law. He also examines the litigation process as well as welfare economics and morality. Aimed at a broad audience, this book requires neither a legal background nor technical economics or mathematics to understand it. Because of its breadth, analytical clarity, and general accessibility, it is likely to serve as a definitive work in the economic analysis of law.

Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law

Economics

Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press

Economic Analysis of Accident Law

Accident law, if properly designed, is capable of reducing the incidence of mishaps by making people act more cautiously. Since the 1960s, a group of legal scholars and economists have focused on identifying the effects of accident law on people's behavior. Steven Shavell’s book is the definitive synthesis of research to date in this new field.

Business

Accident law, if properly designed, is capable of reducing the incidence of mishaps by making people act more cautiously. Scholarly writing on this branch of law traditionally has been concerned with examining the law for consistency with felt notions of right and duty. Since the 1960s, however, a group of legal scholars and economists have focused on identifying the effects of accident law on people's behaviour. Steven Shavell's book is the definitive synthesis of research to date in this new field.

Decision Analysis, Game Theory, and Information teaches the basics of decision analysis and game theory, the fundamental tools used over the past half-century by clients, whether businesses, government institutions, or other entities or individuals. Additionally, a brief introduction to basic concepts involving imperfect information concerning other parties are introduced. This handbook is designed for use as a supplementary test for a first-year course, and could also be used in connection with a course on legal methods or law and economics.This handbook comprises Chapters 1 and 2 of Analytical Methods for Lawyers, with appendix and revisions.

Decision Analysis, Game Theory, and Information (University Casebook Series)

Foundation Press

This text presents an overview of the function of contracts and a toolbox for designing effective agreements that will accomplish clients’ objectives and avoid common pitfalls. The text includes examples drawn from actual contracts.

Contracting (Coursebook)

This introduction to the field of economic analysis of the law focuses on the core areas of our legal system; property, torts and accidents, contract, and crime; as well as on litigation. It provides numerous examples and is a useful resource for a variety of readers, since it assumes no background in either law or economics.

Economic Analysis of Law (Coursebook)

This title is a primer on microeconomics. It can be used in an introduction to microeconomics course, or as a review text. The book covers the basic areas of microeconomics, such as supply and demand, the determination of prices and quantities in competitive markets, problems with markets (including imperfect information, monopoly, and externalities), public goods, and welfare economics.

Kaplow and Shavell's Microeconomics (University Casebook Series)

This law school casebook, developed by a team of professors at Harvard Law School, introduces students with little or no quantitative background to the basic analytical techniques that attorneys need to master to represent their clients effectively. It presents clear explanations of decision analysis, games and information, contracting, accounting, finance, microeconomics, economic analysis of the law, fundamentals of statistics, and multiple regression analysis. References and examples have been thoroughly updated for this edition, and exposition of a number of key topics has been reworked to reflect insights gained from teaching these topics to Harvard Law students over the past decade.

Analytical Methods for Lawyers (University Casebook Series)

Jackson, Howell

Viscusi, W.

COPE, DAVID

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Fairness versus Welfare

Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law

Economic Analysis of Accident Law

Economic Analysis of Accident Law

Decision Analysis, Game Theory, and Information (University Casebook Series)

Contracting (Coursebook)

Economic Analysis of Law (Coursebook)

Kaplow and Shavell's Microeconomics (University Casebook Series)

Analytical Methods for Lawyers (University Casebook Series)

Analytical Methods for Lawyers (University Casebook Series)