Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law

by Keith N. Hylton and Alon Harel

Jeremy Bentham and Gary Becker established the tradition of analyzing criminal law in utilitarian and economic terms. This seminal book continues that tradition with specially commissioned, original papers that span the philosophical foundations of the use of economics in criminal law, both traditional economic perspectives and behavioral and experimental approaches to the discipline.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848443749
• ISBN13: 9781848443747
• Release Date: August 2012
• Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages