Cass R. Sunstein

Behavioral Law and Economics

Herausgeber: Lopes, Lola; Sunstein, Cass R.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzes law with reference to new findings in cognitive psychology and behavioral economics.

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This is the first book that tries to analyze law by showing how people actually behave. It emphasizes that people are frequently unselfish, have limited willpower and self-control, and often rely on mental short-cuts and rules of thumb. It offers important new insights and suggestions for legal reform.

Produktdetails

• Cambridge Series on Judgment and Decision Making
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 448
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 670g
• ISBN-13: 9780521667432
• ISBN-10: 0521667437
• Artikelnr.: 21165138

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Cass R. Sunstein; Part I. Overviews and Prospects: 1. A
behavioral approach to law and economics Christine Jolls, Cass R. Sunstein
and Richard Thaler; Part II. Heuristics and Biases: Shortcuts, Errors and
Legal Decisions: 2. Context-dependence in legal decision making Mark
Kelman, Yuval Rottenstreich and Amos Tversky; 3. A positive psychological
theory of judging in hindsight Jeffrey J. Rachlinski; 4. Behavioral
economics, contract formation, and contract law Russell Korobkin; 5.
Organized illusions: a behavioral theory of why corporations mislead stock
market investors (and cause other social harms) Donald C. Langevoort; 6.
Reluctance to vaccinate: omission bias and ambiguity Ilana Ritov and
Jonathan Baron; 7. Second-order decisions Cass R. Sunstein and Edna
Ullmann-Margalit; Part III. Valuation: Values and Dollars in the Legal
System: 8. Experimental tests of the endowment effect and the cause theorem
Daniel J. Kahneman, Jack L. Knetsch and Richard H. Thaler; 9. Assessing
punitive damages (with notes on cognition and valuation in law) Cass R.
Sunstein, Daniel J. Kahneman and David Schkade; 10. Framing the jury:
cognitive perspective on pain and suffering award Edward J. McCaffery,
Daniel J. Kahneman and Matthew L. Spitzer; 11. Behavioral economic analysis
of redistributive legal rules Christine Jolls; 12. Do parties to nuisance
cases bargain after judgment? A glimpse inside the cathedral Ward
Fransworth; Part IV. The Demand for Law: Why Law Is As It Is: 13. Some
implications of cognitive psychology for risk regulation Roger G. Noll and
James E. Krier; 14. Explaining bargaining impasse: the role of self-serving
biases Linda Babcock and George Loewenstein; 15. Controlling availability
cascades Timur Kuran and Cass R. Sunstein; 16. Cognitive theory and tax
Edward J. McCaffery.