Law and Economics and the Economics of Legal Regulation

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Law and Economics and the Economics of Legal Regulation....Pages 3-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
Efficiency, Equity and Inalienability....Pages 11-37
Negotiated Settlement....Pages 39-50
Economic Efficiency and the Common Law: A Critical Survey....Pages 51-84
Default Risk and the Optimal Pricing of Court Enforcement Services....Pages 85-112
Transaction Cost and Communication: A Theory of Institutional Change, Applied to the Case of Patent Law....Pages 113-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Regulatory Measures to Enforce Quality Production of Self-Employed Professionals — a Theoretical Study of a Dynamic Market Process....Pages 133-147
Controlling Insider Trading in Europe and America: The Economics of the Politics....Pages 149-167
The Regulation of Shop Opening Hours in the United Kingdom....Pages 169-183
Belgian Public Policy Towards the Retailing Trade....Pages 185-205
Assessing the Effectiveness and Economic Efficiency of an E.E.C. Pollution Control Directive: The Control of Discharges of Mercury to the Aquatic Environment....Pages 207-225
Back Matter....Pages 227-230