Die Nicht-Verfügbarkeit von Arzneimitteln und deren unzureichende Qualität sind Risiken für die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung. Die Häufigkeit von Arzneimittel-Lieferunfähigkeiten und Arzneimittel-Rückrufen hat in den vergangenen Jahren stetig zugenommen und ist dadurch in den Fokus der...

In March 2013, Lululemon Athletica removed its inventory of women's black yoga pants from its stores because recent shipments of the product were “too sheer.” For a company reliant on a reputation for quality, the news was devastating. Worse, the recall set off a series of PR related...

This is a survey of legal liability for accidents. Three general aspects of accident liability are addressed. The first is the effect of liability on incentives, both whether to engage in activities (for instance, whether to drive) and how much care to exercise (at what speed to travel) to...

This is a survey of economic analysis of law, that is, of the emerging field under which the standard tools of microeconomics are employed to identify the effects of legal rules and their social desirability. Five basic subject areas are covered. The first is legal liability for harm. Here we...