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A possible view of the role of an adjudicator is that it is to obtain the information that is needed to apply a well …-articulated legal rule. That is, the task of an adjudicator in a case is to gather and verify the information that is called for to … employ a legal rule, but that once the required information is in hand, the adjudicator's work is done, for the rule then …
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right to bring motions, the judicial system leads litigants to efficiently provide information to courts that is relevant to …
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This is a survey of the field of economic analysis of law, focusing on the work of economists. The survey covers the three central areas of civil law - liability for accidents (tort law), property law, and contracts - as well as the litigation process and public enforcement of law
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on information not included in rules - and the disadvantage of discretion - that decisions may deviate from the desirable …
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In an earlier work, we analyzed how the legal rules governing contractual liability affect the transfer of information … beneficially facilitate information transfers. We reconsider here the subject of contractual liability and the revelation of … information and respond to Adler's critique. We find Adler's model to be a natural extension of ours rather than a departure from …
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We analyze a model in which firms are able to acquire information about product risks and may or may not be required to … disclose this information. We initially study the effect of disclosure rules assuming that firms are not liable for the harm … caused by their products. Although mandatory disclosure obviously is superior to voluntary disclosure given the information …
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We analyze a model in which firms are able to acquire information about product risks and may or may not be required to … disclose this information. We initially study the effect of disclosure rules assuming that firms are not liable for the harm … caused by their products. Although mandatory disclosure obviously is superior to voluntary disclosure given the information …
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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...
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information of lawmakers, but also that the rule will often fail to reflect his or her private information. A second issue that an …
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