ABSTRACT

The aim of the book is to highlight the law and economics issues confronting civil law countries.

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS, STATEMENT OF SCOPE, CALL FOR AUTHORS/VOLUME EDITORS/TOPICS, INTRODUCTION, PART I - THE RELEVANCE OF LAW AND ECONOMICS FOR RESEARCH INTO CODIFIED LAW SYSTEMS COMPETITION BETWEEN LEGAL SYSTEMS: A COMPARATIVE LAW AND ECONOMICS PERSPECTIVE, LAW AND ECONOMICS: WHAT'S IN IT FOR US CIVILIAN LAWYERS, THE NEGOTIATION OF DISPUTED RIGHTS OR HOW THE LAW COMES TO ECONOMICS, LEGAL SYSTEMS AND ECONOMIC ANALYSIS: HOW RELEVANT IS AMERICAN LAW AND ECONOMICS FOR THE UNDERSTANDING OF FRENCH JURISPRUDENCE?, DID THE COMMON LAW BIASED THE ECONOMICS OF CONTRACT... AND MAY IT CHANGE?, COMPARATIVE LAW AND ECONOMICS AND THE DESIGN OF OPTIMAL LEGAL DOCTRINES, NEW PROPERTY, NEW WEALTH, REGULATION: THE PUBLIC INTEREST AND THE PRIVATE INTEREST, PART II - LEGAL-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF LEGAL ISSUES IN A EUROPEAN CONTEXT THE ROLE OF INSTITUTIONS IN THE CONTRACTUAL PROCESS, TORT LIABILITY IN FRANCE: AN INTRODUCTORY ECONOMIC ANALYSIS, ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE FRENCH LEGAL SYSTEM: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY, AN ECONOMIC VIEWPOINT OF CRIMINAL SYSTEMS IN CIVIL LAW COUNTRIES, INDEPENDENCE AND JUDICIAL DISCRETION IN A DUALIST REGIME: THE CASE OF FRENCH ADMINISTRATIVE JUDICIARY, DO ARTISTS BENEFIT FROM RESALE ROYALTIES? AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF A NEW EU DIRECTIVE