Acknowledgements

The Economic Foundations of Private Law: An Introduction

Richard A. Posner

Francesco Parisi

PART I THE METHODOLOGY OF LAW AND ECONOMICS

`The Law and Economics Movement', American Economic Review, 77 (2), May, 1-13

Richard A. Posner

`About Law and Economics: A Letter to Ronald Dworkin', Hofstra Law Review, 8 (3), Spring, 553-62

Guido Calabresi

`Why the Legal System is Less Efficient than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income', Journal of Legal Studies, XXIII (2), June, 667-81

Louis Kaplow

Steven Shavell

`Wealth Maximization Revisited', Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics and Public Policy, 2 (1), Fall, 85-105

Richard A. Posner

PART II THE EFFICIENCY OF THE COMMON LAW HYPOTHESIS

`An Economic Analysis of the Courts', Journal of Law and Economics, XIV (1), April, 61-107

William M. Landes

`An Economic Analysis of Legal Rulemaking', Journal of Legal Studies, III (1), January, 257-86

Isaac Ehrlich

Richard A. Posner

`Why is the Common Law Efficient?', Journal of Legal Studies, VI (1), January, 51-63

Paul H. Rubin

`The Common Law Process and the Selection of Efficient Rules', Journal of Legal Studies, VI (1), January, 65-82

George L. Priest

`Economic Analysis of Legal Disputes and Their Resolution', Journal of Economic Literature, XXVII, September, 1067-97

Robert D. Cooter

Daniel L. Rubinfeld

PART III THE COASE THEOREM AND THE ECONOMICS OF PROPERTY RIGHTS

`The Problem of Social Cost', Journal of Law and Economics, III, October, 1-44

R.H. Coase

`When Does the Rule of Liability Matter?', Journal of Legal Studies, I (1), January, 13-28

Harold Demsetz

`Toward a Theory of Property Rights', American Economic Review, 57 (2), May, 347-59

Harold Demsetz

`Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral', Harvard Law Review, 85 (6), April, 1089-128

Guido Calabresi

A. Douglas Melamed

PART IV THE ECONOMICS OF CONTRATCT LAW

`The Economic Basis of Damages for Breach of Contract', Journal of Legal Studies, I (2), June, 277-304

John H. Barton

`Mistake, Disclosure, Information, and the Law of Contracts', Journal of Legal Studies, VII (1), January, 1-34

Anthony T. Kronman

`The Case for Specific Performance', Yale Law Journal, 89, December, 271-306

Alan Schwartz

`Enforcing Promises: An Examination of the Basis of Contract', Yale Law Journal, 89 (7), June, 1261-88 and 1321-2

Charles J. Goetz

Robert E. Scott

`Damage Measures for Breach of Contract', Bell Journal of Economics, 11 (2), Autumn, 466-90

Steven Shavell

`Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of Default Rules', Yale Law Journal, 99 (1), October, 87-130

Ian Ayres

Robert Gertner

PART V THE ECONOMICS OF TORT LAW AND LIABILITY SYSTEMS

`The Positive Economic Theory of Tort Law', Georgia Law Review, 15 (4), Summer, 851-924

William M. Landes

Richard A. Posner

`Strict Liability Versus Negligence', Journal of Legal Studies, IX (1), January, 1-25

Steven Shavell

`Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety', Journal of Legal Studies, XIII (2), June, 357-74

Steven Shavell

`Economic Analysis of Punitive Damages', Southern California Law Review, 56, 79-101

Robert D. Cooter

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