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The economic dynamics of law /
"This book offers a theory of law and economics focused on change over time, aimed at avoiding systemic risks, and implemented through an analysis of law's economic incentives and how people respond to them"--
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "This book offers a theory of law and economics focused on change over time, aimed at avoiding systemic risks, and implemented through an analysis of law's economic incentives and how people respond to them"-- "Law influences the future, not the past. Legislative bodies may write laws in response to a past event, such as the recent financial crisis. But legislative bodies around the world can no longer prevent the crisis of 2008; they can only seek to prevent a different financial crisis from occurring in the future. A vigorous and appropriate response to the 9/11 attacks might conceivably prevent future terrorist attacks, which might or might not use airplanes, but by 9/12 keeping the World Trade Center from collapsing lay beyond human power. Attempts to address climate disruption cannot lower last year's temperature; they can only ameliorate future flooding, drought, disease, and ecosystem destruction"-- |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139423717 1139423711 9781139421676 1139421670 1280682892 9781280682896 9780511792465 0511792468 9781107699465 1107699460 1107227224 9781107227224 1139411284 9781139411288 9786613659835 6613659835 1139422642 9781139422642 1139419625 9781139419628 1139417576 9781139417570 |