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Summary Law & Economics
Cooter & Ulen, 6th edition
Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository
Summary Law and Economics
Summary for the course 'law and economics', for the law minor of Economics and Business Economics
at Utrecht University. However, this summary can probably also be used by students from other
Universities! Because it covers all chapters of the book, except for the second and the third chapter,
since they are not relevant for the exam. The first chapter of each pair of chapters explains the basic
economic analysis of that area of law, and the second chapter applies the core economic theory to a
series of topics.
Content of this summary:
v Introduction
v Foundations of Law: property, contract, tort
v Law and Economics of Litigation
v Law and Economics of Crime
Table of contents
CHAPTER 1 1
CHAPTER 4 2
CHAPTER 5 4
CHAPTER 6 9
CHAPTER 7 14
CHAPTER 8 21
CHAPTER 9 26
CHAPTER 10 32
CHAPTER 11 38
CHAPTER 12 41
CHAPTER 13 46
Chapter 1
An introduction to law and economics
The definition of law: ‘Law is an obligation backed by a state sanction’.
Summary Law & Economics
Cooter & Ulen, 6th edition
Berkeley Law Scholarship Repository
Summary Law and Economics
Summary for the course 'law and economics', for the law minor of Economics and Business Economics
at Utrecht University. However, this summary can probably also be used by students from other
Universities! Because it covers all chapters of the book, except for the second and the third chapter,
since they are not relevant for the exam. The first chapter of each pair of chapters explains the basic
economic analysis of that area of law, and the second chapter applies the core economic theory to a
series of topics.
Content of this summary:
v Introduction
v Foundations of Law: property, contract, tort
v Law and Economics of Litigation
v Law and Economics of Crime
Table of contents
CHAPTER 1 1
CHAPTER 4 2
CHAPTER 5 4
CHAPTER 6 9
CHAPTER 7 14
CHAPTER 8 21
CHAPTER 9 26
CHAPTER 10 32
CHAPTER 11 38
CHAPTER 12 41
CHAPTER 13 46
Chapter 1
An introduction to law and economics
The definition of law: ‘Law is an obligation backed by a state sanction’.
