Law and Economics (Addison-Wesley Series in Economics)
EUR 68,54
An outstanding introduction for members of both fields - I must strongly disagree with my fellow San Franciscan- Cooter and Ulin have written one of the truly great works in the field of legal economics. This book does an excellent job of teaching the main ideas of legal economics without drowning the reader in text and formulae. If additional information is desired the reader is given a number of citations and recommended texts for further study. Readers with experience in both of these technical fields are likely to find this book to be an exciting vindication of their previous studies.
An Intelligent Introduction to Law and Economics - Cooter and Ulen have completed the second edition of an important text in law and economics. The style is reader friendly and not heavily technical: a good attribute for an introductory text. The book is original in its presentation of the subject matter and rich with valuable intuitions for both educated economists and lawyers interested in the field.
Too many tangents - The book is a solid introduction to Law and Economics at the Microeconomic level. It surveys the standard topics in Law and Econ., e.g., Property, Torts and Crime. There are, however, a few too many topical sections whose relevance to the text is questionable. While some may enjoy random inclusions that do not have much to do with Law and Econ., I found them tedious. For example, sections on the death penalty and gun control are uninformative and are included, I feel, for completeness sake. The textbook is not rigorous, so anyone expecting a complex review of the subject will be disappointed. However, it is a good introduction to a burgeoning field of study.