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The law and economics of marriage and divorce /

The role of 'incentives' is considered in this economic approach to family law. The book discusses the possible adverse consequences emanating from faulty legal design, while demonstrating that good family law should provide incentives for consistent behavior. This will interest lawyers, p...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Dnes, Antony W., Rowthorn, Bob
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction / Antony W. Dnes and Robert Rowthorn
  • Marriage: the long-term contract / Lloyd R. Cohen
  • Marital commitment and the legal regulation of divorce / Elizabeth S. Scott
  • Mutual consent divorce? / Allen M. Parkman
  • An economic approach to adultery law / Eric Rasmusen
  • Louisiana's covenant marriage law: recapturing the meaning of marriage for the sake of the children / Katherine Shaw Spaht
  • Cohabitation and marriage / Antony W. Dnes
  • Marriage as a signal / Robert Rowthorn
  • For better or for worse? Is bargaining in marriage and divorce efficent? / Martin Zelder
  • Weak men and disorderly women: divorce and the division of labor / Steven L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig
  • The impact of legal reforms on marriage and divorce / Douglas W. Allen
  • European divorce laws, divorce rates, and their consequences / Ian Smith.