E. López 
The Pursuit of Justice 
Law and Economics of Legal Institutions

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.

Tabella dei contenuti

An Introduction to the Pursuit of Justice; E.J.Lopez The Rise of Government Law Enforcement in England; N.Currott Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes?; R.S.Sobel Romancing Forensics: Legal Failure in Forensic Science Administration; R.G.Koppl Judicial Checks on Corruption; A.Cordis Effects of Judicial Selection on Criminal Sentencing; A.Tomic Economic Development Takings as Government Failure; I.Somin On the Impossibility of ‘Just Compensation’ When Property is Taken; J.Brätland The Lawyer-Judge Hypothesis; B.H.Barton Class Action Rent Extraction; J.Haymond Cy Pres and its Predators; C.N.W.Keckler Licensing Lawyers: Failure in the Provision of Legal Services; A.B.Summers

Circa l’autore

EDWARD J. LÓPEZ is a research fellow at the Independent Institute and a professor of law and economics at San Jose State University, USA