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The Pursuit of Justice : Law and Economics of Legal Institutions by Edward J. López, foreword by Robert D. Tollison, Edward J. Ló́pez, editor, Edward J López, López, E. is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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The Pursuit of Justice is a thoroughgoing analysis of the bureaucratization and politicization of the U. S. legal system and how the law works in practice rather than in theory. The book looks specifically at how decision makers in the law-judges, lawyers, juries, police, forensic experts, and more-respond to economic incentive structure. By looking at a range of important legal rules, their associated incentive effects, and the resultant outcomes, the authors here shed light on how perverse incentives result in adverse outcomes, while also suggesting institutional reforms that would create a more just and efficient legal system. "The Pursuit of Justice is a realistic yet hopeful analysis of how the law works in practice rather than in theory. The multi-chapter discussion recognizes that decision makers in the law -- judges, lawyers, juries, police, forensic experts and more -- respond systematically to the incentive structures with which they are confronted. In turn, incentives are a function of economic and institutional design. While these chapters shed light on how perverse incentives result in adverse outcomes, each chapter also suggests institutional reforms that would create

Author

Edward J. López, foreword by Robert D. Tollison, Edward J. Ló́pez, editor, Edward J López, López, E.

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan US

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780230109490

Subjects

Law, Business, Philosophy