<i>'Addressing everything from the basic issues of the definition of crime and the nature of public and private enforcement of law to more specialized topics such as corruption, tax evasion, environmental crime, and terrorism, </i>Criminal Law and Economics<i> illustrates the power of economic analysis as a tool for analyzing and designing rules and institutions. With a list of superstar contributors that includes Polinsky, Shavell, McAdams, Ulen, and Garoupa, this volume will be a major resource for scholars and students who are interested in the latest research and thinking in the law and economics of crime.'</i>

- John J. Donohue, Yale Law School, US and Co-editor of the American Law and Economics Review,

<i>'Organized by one of the top scholars in the field, this volume offers up-to-date and comprehensive coverage of a vitally important subfield of law and economics. The authors offer insightful contributions with respect to theory (enforcement and procedure) and practice (such as environmental crime, cyber crime, and terrorism). Researchers and policymakers will want this volume on their shelves, and students of law and economics will find the readings to be invaluable.'</i>

- Daniel Rubinfeld, University of California, Berkeley, US,

Criminal Law and Economics applies economic theory to explain crime, law enforcement, criminal law and criminal procedure. This pathbreaking book draws together sixteen chapters by leading scholars in the field, summarizing theoretical and empirical work researched to date on criminal law and economics. The topics range from private and public enforcement of the law, criminal procedure and regulation to terrorism, cyber crime and tax evasion. The expert contributors also cover the political economy of criminal law as well as behavioral criminal law and economics.This updated state-of-the-art reference book on criminal law will be an excellent tool for scholars and graduate students in law and economics.
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Criminal Law and Economics applies economic theory to explain crime, law enforcement, criminal law and criminal procedure. The expert contributors also cover the political economy of criminal law as well as behavioral criminal law and economics.
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Contents: Introduction 1. Public Enforcement of Law A. Mitchell Polinsky and Steven Shavell 2. Private Enforcement of Law Reza Rajabiun 3. Criminal Law and Regulation Anthony Ogus 4. Criminal Law and Torts Antony Dnes 5. Criminal Procedure Thomas J. Miceli 6. Plea-Bargaining and Prosecution Oren Gazal-Ayal and Limor Riza 7. Political Economy of Criminal Procedure Keith N. Hylton and Vikramaditya S. Khanna 8. The Economics of Capital Punishment Joanna M. Shepherd 9. Corporate Crime Wallace P. Mullin and Christopher M. Snyder 10. Organized Crime Vimal Kumar and Stergios Skaperdas 11. Corruption Roger Bowles 12. Tax Evasion and Avoidance Luigi Alberto Franzoni 13. Environmental Crimes Michael Faure 14. Cyber Crime Mark A. Cohen 15. Terrorism Nuno Garoupa, Jonathan Klick and Francesco Parisi 16. Behavioral Criminal Law and Economics Richard H. McAdams and Thomas S. Ulen Index
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ISBN
9781847202758
Publisert
2009-08-31
Utgiver
Vendor
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
Høyde
234 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
480

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Biographical note

Edited by Nuno Garoupa, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University, US