Economics of lawmaking
by Francesco Parisi and Vincy Fon.
- New York : OUP, 2009.
- 329 p.
Table of contents: Chapter 1. Lawmaking through legislation : an introduction Chapter 2. Optimal specificity of laws : rules versus standards Chapter 3. Optimal timing of legal intervention : lawmaking under uncertainty Chapter 4. Optimal territorial scope of laws : subsidiarity and legal harmonization Chapter 5. Lawmaking through adjudication : an introduction Chapter 6. Litigation and the evolution of legal remedies Chapter 7. Judicial path-dependence and legal change Chapter 8. Theories of legal precedent : stare decisis and jurisprudence constante Chapter 9. Lawmaking through practice : an introduction Chapter 10. Fostering the emergence of customary law Chapter 11. Customary law and articulation theories Chapter 12. Stability and change in customary law Chapter 13. Lawmaking through agreement : an introduction Chapter 14. Formation and accession to treaties Ratification and reservations : the effects of reciprocity The hidden bias of treaty law.