The Economic Structure of Tort Law

by William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner

Book Overview

Written by a lawyer and an economist, this is the first full-length economic study of tort law--the body of law that governs liability for accidents and for intentional wrongs such as battery and defamation. Landes and Posner propose that tort law is best understood as a system for achieving an efficient allocation of resources to safety--that, on the whole, rules and doctrines of tort law encourage the optimal investment in safety by potential injurers...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674230515
• ISBN13: 9780674230514
• Release Date: May 1987
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.5"