Georgakopoulos, Nicholas Leonidas.

Principles and methods of law and economics : basic tools for normative reasoning / Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos. - 1st ed. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005. - xiv, 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

From formal logic to normative reasoning -- Social welfare versus moral philosophy -- From political philosophy to game theory -- The importance of distribution of wealth -- Coase and law's irrelevance -- More failures of Coasean irrelevance -- Mathematical modelling -- Confronting uncertainty : basic probability theory -- Advanced probability : distributions as the shape of randomness -- How to price uncertainty : finance -- Finance and probability : options and derivatives -- Using spreadsheets -- Statistics -- Conclusion : importing methodological innovations.

Reference



0521826810 (hardcover) 0521534119 (pbk.) 9780521534116

2004029141


Law and economics.
Law--Methodology.
Economics--Mathematical models.

K487.E3 / G468 2005

340.11