The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive: a Law and Economics perspective

A law and economics perspective on terrorism

This paper reviews the existing law and economics literature on crime, noting where various models might apply to the terror context. Specifically, it focuses on two strands of the literature, deterrence and incapacitation. It considers anti-terror measures enacted by different countries, highlighting how the details of the laws correspond to the insights from economic models of crime. In concl...

UNIVERSITY OF GÖTEBORG School of Economics and Commercial Law

Get your organisation together video-mediated communication in an informal se t ting. Abstract Videoconferencing is a way to make people meet regardless of the geographical distance between them. In recent years, it has become possible to use the Internet as a carrier for communication of this type. This has opened up new opportunities to use computers that already are connected to the Internet...

The Role of Economic Rights and the Law in Social Economics : a Classic Natural Law Perspective

ASE sessions at the 2014 ASSA Philadelphia, January 3-5, 2014 ! The Role of Economic Rights and the Law in Social Economics: a Classic Natural Law Perspective !! Stefano Solari Università di Padova, Departement of Economics & Management [email protected] http://www.giuri.unipd.it/~solari/ ! !!! first draft !!!!! Abstract The paper presents a legal approach to social economics, that is to ...

law-and-economics from the perspective of critical legal studies

Tort Liability for Software Developers: a Law & Economics Perspective

This article explores the economic rationale for applying product liability law to computer software. As demonstrated below, a well-designed liability regime must place liability upon all parties who economically control the risks of accidents. Accordingly, this article finds that strict liability may be appropriate for certain types of “intrinsic” software, but not for other types of software ...