Research Handbook on the Economics of Corporate Law
Research Handbook on the Economics of Corporate Law

Author: Claire A. Hill

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2012-04-01

Total Pages: 497

ISBN-13: 1781005214

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Comprising essays specially commissioned for the volume, leading scholars who have shaped the field of corporate law and governance explore and critique developments in this vibrant and expanding area and offer possible directions for future research. This important addition to the Research Handbooks in Law and Economics series provides insights into subjects such as the role of directors, shareholders, creditors and employees; empirical studies of litigation and shareholder activism; executive compensation; corporate gatekeepers; comparative law; and behavioral approaches to law and finance. Topics are organized within five sections: corporate constituencies, insider governance, gatekeepers, jurisdiction, and new theory. Taken as a whole, the volume serves as an introduction for those new to the field and as a reference for those unfamiliar with some of the topics discussed. Authoritative and accessible, the Research Handbook on the Economics of Corporate Law will be a valuable resource for students, scholars, and practitioners of corporate law and economics.

Research Handbook on Political Economy and Law
Research Handbook on Political Economy and Law

Author: Ugo Mattei

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2015-11-27

Total Pages: 599

ISBN-13: 1781005354

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Events such as the global financial crisis have helped reveal that the drivers and contours of governance on a national and international level remain a mystery in many respects. This is so despite the ever-increasing complexity and sophistication in the management and understanding of economic, legal and political spheres of global society. Set in this context, this timely Research Handbook is the first to explicitly address the constitutive relationship between law and political economy. With scholarly contributions from diverse disciplinary and geographic backgrounds, this authoritative book provides an expansive overview of the legal architecture of the global political economy. It covers, in three parts, topics surrounding money and markets, the relations of organization, and commodities, land and resources. Scholars and policymakers as well as undergraduate and postgraduate law students interested in the intersection of socio-political, economic, and legal dynamics of governance will find this book a thought-provoking and insightful resource.

Research Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood
Research Handbook on Corporate Purpose and Personhood

Author: Pollman, Elizabeth

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-09-28

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13: 1789902916

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This insightful Research Handbook contributes to the theoretical and practical understanding of corporate purpose and personhood, which has become the central debate of corporate law. It provides cutting-edge thoughts on the role of corporations in society and the nature of their rights and responsibilities.

Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law
Research Handbook on the Economics of Intellectual Property Law

Author: Ben Depoorter

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 1441

ISBN-13: 1789903998

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Both law and economics and intellectual property law have expanded dramatically in tandem over recent decades. This field-defining two-volume Handbook, featuring the leading legal, empirical, and law and economics scholars studying intellectual property rights, provides wide-ranging and in-depth analysis both of the economic theory underpinning intellectual property law, and the use of analytical methods to study it.

Research Handbook on the History of Corporate and Company Law
Research Handbook on the History of Corporate and Company Law

Author: Harwell Wells

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2018-02-23

Total Pages: 653

ISBN-13: 1784717665

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Understanding the corporation means understanding its legal framework, but until recently the origins and evolution of corporate law have received relatively little attention. The topical chapters featured in this Research Handbook, contributed by leading scholars from around the world, examine the historical development of corporation and business organization law in the Americas, Europe, and Asia from the ancient world to modern times, providing an invaluable resource for both further historical research and scholars seeking the origins of present-day issues.

Research Handbook on Corporate Restructuring
Research Handbook on Corporate Restructuring

Author: Omar, Paul J.

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2021-08-27

Total Pages: 584

ISBN-13: 1786437473

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This timely Research Handbook examines the increasingly economically vital topic of corporate restructuring. Reflecting a shift in the global approach to insolvency towards a focus on rescuing viable businesses rather than liquidation, chapters consider all areas of the law closely connected to corporate insolvency, rehabilitation and rescue, as well as the introduction of the EU Preventive Restructuring Directive and other reforms from around the world.

Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law
Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law

Author: Lloyd R. Cohen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 321

ISBN-13: 0857930648

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Those not learned in the economic arts believe that economics is either solely or essentially concerned with commercial relations. And, so it was, originally. Then, in the second half of the 20th century, economists began applying their minimalist but sturdy tools to other human activities such as marriage, child-bearing, crime, religion and social groups. In this spirit, the Research Handbook on the Economics of Family Law gives us a series of original essays by distinguished scholars in economics, law or both. The essays represent a variety of approaches to the field. Many contain extensive surveys of the literature with respect to the particular question they address. Some employ empirical economics, others are more narrowly legal. They have in common one thing: each scholar employs a core economic tool or insight to shed light on some aspect of family law and social institutions broadly understood. Topics covered include: divorce, child support, infant feeding, abortion access, prostitution, the decline in marriage, birth control and incentives for partnering. This comprehensive and enlightening volume will be a valuable reference for those interested in law and economics generally and family law in particular.

Research Handbook on the Economics of Property Law
Research Handbook on the Economics of Property Law

Author: Kenneth Ayotte

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 417

ISBN-13: 184980897X

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Leading scholars in the field of law and economics contribute their original theoretical and empirical research to this major Handbook. Each chapter analyzes the basic architecture and important features of the institutions of property law from an economic point of view, while also providing an introduction to the issues and literature. Property rights and property systems vary along a large number of dimensions, and economics has proven very conducive to analyzing these patterns and even the nature of property itself. The contributions found here lend fresh perspectives to the current body of literature, examining topics including: initial acquisition; the commons, anticommons, and semicommons; intellectual property; public rights; abandonment and destruction; standardization of property; property and firms; marital property; bankruptcy as property; titling systems; land surveying; covenants; nuisance; the political economy of property; and takings. The contributors employ a variety of methods and perspectives, demonstrating the fruitfulness of economic modeling, empirical methods, and institutional analysis for the study of both new and familiar problems in property. Legal scholars, economists, and other social scientists interested in property will find this Handbook an often-referenced addition to their libraries.

Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law
Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law

Author: Alon Harel

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2012-01-01

Total Pages: 273

ISBN-13: 0857930656

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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. The contributors examine and evaluate the optimal design of criminal law norms as well as the ideal structure of law enforcement institutions. They delineate what wrongs ought to be criminalized, identify the boundaries between criminal law and tort, and determine the optimal size of sanctions given the differential vulnerability of victims. They also analyze the special considerations that apply to the regulation of corporate crime, the effects of technology on crime, and the effects of the distribution of wealth on sentencing. This essential Handbook provides students and scholars of criminal law and law and economics the opportunity to explore the diversity of contemporary approaches to the economics of crime. Criminologists, sociologists and policymakers will also find it a valuable addition to their collections.

Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts
Research Handbook on the Economics of Torts

Author: Jennifer Arlen

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2013-11-29

Total Pages: 668

ISBN-13: 1781006172

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Focusing on issues of vital importance to those seeking to understand and reform the tort system, this volume takes a multi-disciplinary approach, including theoretical economic analysis, empirical analysis, socio-economic analysis, and behavioral anal