Journal of Legal Studies  

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Volume 11(1)

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The Cost of Coase

R. Cooter

1

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Nonpecuniary Loss and Breach of Contract

S.A. Rea, Jr.

35

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Suit, Settlement and Trial: A Theoretical Analysis under Alternative Methods for the Allocation of Legal Costs

S. Shavell

55

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Bank Robberies and Bank Security Precautions

T.H. Hannan

83

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Scandinavian Drinking-Driving Control: Myth or Intuition?

H.L. Votey, Jr.

93

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Production of Licensing Legislation: An Economic Analysis of Interstate Differences

J.K. Smith

117

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Negative and Positive Positivism

J.L. Coleman

139

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Coordination and Convention at the Foundations of Law

G.J. Postema

165

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Volume 11(2)

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Common Law and Statute Law

P.H. Rubin

205

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Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law: A Testable Model of Strategic Behavior

R. Cooter, S. Marks and R. Mnookin

225

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Compensation for Automobile Accident Injuries: Is the Torty System Fair?

E.M. Landes

253

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Title VII and the Use of Employment Tests: An Illustration of the Limits of the Judicial Process

M. Rothschild and G.J. Werden

261

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A Theory of Economic Loss in the Law of Torts

M.J. Rizzo

281

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An Economic Analysis of the Impossibility Doctrine

C.J. Bruce

311

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The Social versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System

S. Shavell

333

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Accumulating Damages in Litigation: The Roles of Uncertainty and Interest Rates

J.M. Patell, R.L. Weil and M.A. Wolfson

341

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Criminal Violations and Civil Violations

D.C. Keenan and P.H. Rubin

365

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Team Production, Monitoring and Profit Sharing in Law Firms: An Alternative Hypothesis

F.S. McChesney

379

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Police Corruption and Criminal Monopoly: Victimless Crimes

D.E. Sisk

395

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The Dynamics of the Legal Process

L.E. Blume and D.L. Rubenfeld

405

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Corrective Justice and Wrongful Gain

J. Coleman

421

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Volume 12(1)

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Professor, Now Judge - A Tribute to Richard A. Posner

R.A. Epstein

1

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Liberty and Property: The Problem of Government Benefits

S.F. Williams

3

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A Note on Private Versus Social Incentives to Sue in a Costly Legal System

P.S. Menell

41

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Notice Filing and the Problem of Ostensible Ownership

D.G. Baird

53

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Applied Social Science Research: What Does It Say About the Effectiveness of School Desegregation Plans?

C.H. Rossell

69

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Causation in Tort Law: An Economic Approach

W.M. Landes and R.A. Posner

109

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The Economics of Symbols, Clan Names and Religion

J.L. Carr and J.T. Landa

135

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ERA Voting: Labor Force Attachment, Marriage and Religion

E.B. Jones

157

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The Effect of Raising the Legal Minimum Drinking Age on Involvement in Fatal Crashes

A.F. Williams, P.L. Zador, S.S. Harris and R.S. Karpf

169

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Taxes and Compensation for Lost Earnings

E.B. Bell, D. Bodenhorn and A.J. Taub

181

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Taxes and Compensation for Lost Earnings: A Comment

J.F. Burke, Jr. and H.S. Rosen

195

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Volume 12(2)

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The Death and Transfiguration of Benefit Taxation: Special Assessments in Nineteenth-Century America

S. Diamond

201

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The Contract-Tort Boundary and the Economics of Insurance

W. Bishop

241

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Childhood Competence and Autonomy

F. Schoeman

267

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Criminal Procedure as a Market System

F.H. Easterbrook

289

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An Alternative Mechanism to Assure Contractual Reliability

C.R. Knoeber

333

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Settlement out of Court: The Disposition of Medical Malpractice Claims

P.M. Danzon and L.A. Lillard

345

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Cost of Completion or Diminution in Market Value: The Relevance of Subjective Value

T.J. Muris

379

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The Pricing of Surrogate Crime and Law Enforcement

R.L. Faith and R.D. Tollison

401

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A Comparison of Taxes, Regulation and Liability Rules under Imperfect Information

M.J. White and D. Wittman

413

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Risk Sharing through Breach of Contract Remedies

A.M. Polinsky

427

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Volume 13(1)

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The Selection of Disputes for Litigation

G.L. Priest and B. Klein

1

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Liability for Harm or Restitution for Benefit?

D. Wittman

57

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Youth Homicide in New York: A Preliminary Analysis

F.E. Zimring

81

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The Shape of Reaction Functions and the Efficiency of Liability Rules: A Correction

G.B. Assaf

101

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Holmes and Evolution: Legal Process as Artificial Intelligence

E.D. Elliott

113

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Efficiency Implications of Penalties and Liquidated Damages

S.A. Rea, Jr.

147

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The Effect of Minimum Drinking Age Legislation on Youthful Auto Fatalities, 1970-1977

P.J. Cook and G. Tauchen

169

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A Comment on Causal Apportionment

D. Kaye and M. Aickin

191

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Volume 13(2)

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Legal Liability for Bursting Reservoirs: The Historical Context of Rylands v. Fletcher

A.W.B. Simpson

209

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Comparative Institutional Economics: The Governance of Rail Freight Contracting

T.M. Palay

265

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Judicial Errors and a Proposal for Reform

I.J. Good and G. Tullock

289

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Information, Uncertainty and the Transfer of Property

D. Baird and T. Jackson

299

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The Duel: Can These Gentlemen Be Acting Efficiently?

W.F. Schwartz, K. Baxter and D. Ryan

321

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Liability for Harm versus Regulation of Safety

S. Shavell

357

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An Efficient Technique for Determining the Compensation of Lost Earning

C.J. Bruce

375

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Efficient Institutions for the Private Enforcement of Law

D. Friedman

379

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Tort and Tautology: The Logic of Restricting the Scope of Liability

P. Burrows

399

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Volume 13(3)

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Tort Law as a Regulatory Regime for Catastrophic Personal Injuries

W.M. Landes and R.A. Posner

417

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Tort Law as a Regulatory Regime: A Comment on Landes and Posner

W.Y. Oi

435

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Contingent Damages for Products Liability

D.A. Graham and E.R. Peirce

441

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Contingent Damages, Negligence and Absolute Liability: A Comment on Graham and Peirce

S.A. Rea, Jr.

469

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The Legal and Insurance Dynamics of Mass Tort Litigation

R.A. Epstein

475

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Comment on Epstein

L.I. Boden

507

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Tort Reform and the Role of Government in Private Insurance Markets

P.M. Danzon

517

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On Determining the Optimal Magnitude and Length of Liability in Torts

D.L. Rubinfeld

551

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Tort Reform and the Role of Government in Private Insurance Markets: Comment on Danzon

V.P. Goldberg

565

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A Proposal for Dealing with the Compensation of Occupational Diseases

P.S. Barth

569

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Law and Economics and Law Reform: Comment on Barthºs Cancer Compensation Proposal

G.K. Priest

587

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The Use of Criminal Statutes to Regulate Product Safety

M.E. Wheeler

593

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The Use of Criminal Statutes to Regulate Product Safety: Comment on Wheeler

P.J. Cook

619

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Volume 14(1)

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The Origin of the Sherman Act

G.J Stigler

1

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Trespass, Nuisance and the Costs of Determining Property Rights

T.W. Merrill

13

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An Economic Theory of Comparative Negligence

D. Haddock and C. Curran

49

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Translating Assets and Liabilities to the Bankruptcy Forum

T.H. Jackson

73

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Crime and the Business Cycle

P.J. Cook and G.A. Zarkin

115

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Nineteenth-Century Jurisdictional Competition in the Granting of Corporate Privileges

H.N. Butler

129

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The Pricing of Legal Services: A Contractual Solution to the Problem of Bilateral Opportunism

J. Kiholm-Smith and S.R. Cox

167

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Is the Selection of Cases for Trial Biased?

D. Wittman

185

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Reexamining the Selection Hypothesis: Learning From Whitmanºs Mistakes

G.L. Priest

215

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An Empirical Investigation of the Determinants of Congressional Voting on Federal Financing of Abortions and the ERA

J.M. Netter

245

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Volume 14(2)

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Entitlements, Rights and Fairness: An Experimental Examination of Subjectsº Concepts of Distributive Justice

E. Hoffman and M.L. Spitzer

259

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The Choice of Remedy for Breach of Contract

W. Bishop

299

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A Legal Foundation for Exchange

C.G. Holderness

321

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Quackery and Contract Law: The Case of the Carbolic Smoke Ball

A.W.B. Simpson

345

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The Political Economy of Governmental Corruption: The Logic of Underground Government

B.L. Benson and J. Baden

391

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Property Rights Disputes: Current Fallacies and a New Approach

C. Woj

411

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The Roles of Property Rights and Market Power in Appropriating Innovative Output

J. Lunn

423

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Actual Causation vs. Probabilistic Linkage: The Bane of Economic Analysis

R.W. Wright

435

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Taxes and Compensation for Lost Earnings: Reply

E.B. Bell, D. Bodenhorn and A.J. Taub

457

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Volume 14(3)

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The Invention of Enterprise Liability: A Critical History of the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Tort Law

G.L. Priest

461

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The Intellectual Development of Modern Products Liability Law: A Comment on Priestºs View of the Cathedralºs Foundations

D.G. Owen

529

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A Positive Economic Analysis of Products Liability

W.M. Landes and R.A. Posner

535

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Comments on Landes and Posner: A Positive Economic Analysis of Products Liability

P.M. Danzon

569

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Comment on Landes and Posner

M.E. Wheeler

575

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Four Tests for Liability in Torts

G. Calabresi and A.K. Klevorick

585

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Comment on Calabresi and Klevorickºs ÑFour Tests for Liability in Tortsæ

J. Prather-Brown

629

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Indeterminate Risk and Tort Reform: Comment on Calabresi and Klevorick

R.L. Rabin

633

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Products Liability as an Insurance Market

R.A. Epstein

645

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Comments on Epstein

S.A. Rea, Jr.

671

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Comments on Epstein

M.J. Trebilcock

675

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The Insurance Justification and Private Law

E.J. Weinrib

681

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Products Liability, Corporate Structure and Bankruptcy: Toxic Substances and the Remote Risk Relationship

A. Schwartz

689

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Defective Warnings, Remote Causes and Bankruptcy: Comment on Schwartz

R.D. Cooter

737

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Tort Standards and Jury Decisions

J.K. Hammitt, S.J. Carroll and D.A. Relles

751

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Directions in Contemporary Products Liability Scholarship

G.T. Schwartz

763

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Probabilstic Causation and Compensation for Tortious Risk

G.O. Robinson

779

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Why Courts? Comments on Robinson

E.D. Elliott

799

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On the Financing of Compensation Systems

R.A. Schmalz

807

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Volume 15(1)

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Victim Injury and Death in Urban Robbery: A Chicago Study

F.E. Zimring and J. Zuehl

1

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The Formation and Protection of Property Rights among the Southern Kwakiutl Indians

D.B. Johnson

41

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Government Prohibitions on Volunteer Fire Fighting in Nineteenth-Century America: A Property Rights Perspective

F.S. McChesney

69

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An Economic Analysis of Rule 68

G.P. Miller

93

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The Uneasy Case for Corporate Reorganization

D.G. Baird

127

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Experimental Tests of the Case Theorem with Large Bargaining Groups

E. Hoffman and M.L. Spitzer

149

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Fishing and Selling

V.P. Goldberg

173

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The Minimum Purchase Age for Alcohol and Young-Driver Fatal Crashes: A Long-Term View

M.A. Males

181

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Comment on Males

A.F. Williams

213

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Causal Apportionment: Reply to the Critics

M.J. Rizzo and F.S. Arnold

219

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Volume 15(2)

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Imperfect Decisions and the Law: On the Evolution of Legal Precedent and Rules

R.A. Heiner

227

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Wealth Is Value

D.B. Johnsen

263

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Economic Incentives for Controlling Industrial Disease: The Asbestos Case

D.N. Dewees

289

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The Determinants of the Disposition of Product Liability Claims and Compensation for Bodily Injury

W.K. Viscusi

321

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Efficiency and Justice in Tort Damages: The Shortcomings of the Pecuniary Loss Rule

W. Bishop and J. Sutton

347

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Private versus Social Costs in Bringing Suit

L. Kaplow

371

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Economic Efficiency and Making of the Law: The Case of Transaction Costs in Jewish Law

Y. Liebermann

387

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The Relationship between Victim Resistance and Injury in Noncommercial Robbery

P.J. Cook

405

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The Role of the Compensation Structure in Enhancing Judicial Quality

P.E. Greenberg and J.A. Haley

417

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Terms of Reference: Singular Confusion about Multiple Causation

W. Kruskal

427