economic analysis of law is a new approach in law that emerged in the early 1960's and its main purpose is managing the rules of the legal system in a way to achieve economic efficiency. this approach has been influential in all the areas of law including the law of civil liability and follows to set up the compensation system based on some principles to minimize the costs resulting from damage...

ABSTRACT The international economic regime has entered a new phase of reassertion sovereignty by States. While States continue to show respect for the values (economic) law, institutionalization these devolved from (to regional) domestic level governance. A form ‘unilateral law’ is thus gaining importance in development and laws institutions. However, it remains largely understudied. This artic...

This is a survey of the field of economic analysis of law, focusing on the work of economists. The survey covers the three central areas of civil law — liability for accidents (tort law), property law, and contracts — as well as the litigation process and public enforcement of law. Forthcoming in A.J. Auerbach and M. Feldstein, Handbook of Public Economics JEL Classes K00, K10, K11, K12, K13, K...

in thelight of historical and economic circumstances of 1960s, dominant paradigm in international development law was essentially relayed on economic development. but gradually by international efforts and issuing brountland report, the conception of sustainable development came up in context of international law; the conception that by avoiding of mere consideration of economic development and...

information law is an emerging field of study which its subject-matter, aims and issues are under-developing and formulation. there are three main approaches to information law issues and challenges: one approach, maintains that information is free or must be free, second approach, based on propertization, extends property protections to information, and third one insists on the cost-benefit co...

This dissertation studies three topics in modern Chinese economic development. The problems tackled include the determinants of city size distribution and economy growth, the impact of privatization of the state-owned enterprises (SOEs), and the relationship between executive compensation and …rm-level risk. Chapter 1 documents the emergence of Zipf’s law in China, using a new database containi...

the main challenge of developing countries, is achieving growth and development. review of economic growth literature shows that the quality of institutions and social infrastructure are important factors that influence the economic growth and development. also many analysts believe that between institutional factors, the rule of law is one of the most elements for appropriate system for invest...