The economics of lawmaking
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Oxford University Press,
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Publisher Address: | Oxford New York |
Publication Dates: | c2009. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Carrier Form: | xv, 329 p.: ill. ; 25 cm. |
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9780195374155 (hardback) : alk. paper) 0195374150 (hardback) : alk. paper) |
Index Number: | D90 |
CLC: | D90-059 |
Call Number: | D90-059/P234 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-321) and index. Lawmaking through legislation : an introduction -- Optimal specificity of laws : rules versus standards -- Optimal timing of legal intervention : lawmaking under uncertainty -- Optimal territorial scope of laws : subsidiarity and legal harmonization -- Lawmaking through adjudication : an introduction -- Litigation and the evolution of legal remedies -- Judicial path-dependence and legal change -- Theories of legal precedent : stare decisis and jurisprudence constante -- Lawmaking through practice : an introduction -- Fostering the emergence of customary law -- Customary law and articulation theories -- Stability and change in customary law -- Lawmaking through agreement : an introduction -- Formation and accession to treaties -- Ratification and reservations : the effects of reciprocity -- The hidden bias of treaty law. |