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consequential moral theory that rejects the ideas of deontological rights and particularly absolute or very weighty deontological … rights. More specifically, it seems that Posner assumes a utilitarian theory that also rejects intrinsic concern for …
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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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Central to the study of the criminal law of necessity are the nineteenth century "lifeboat" cases Holmes v. United States and Regina v. Dudley and Stephens, both being the trials of seamen forced to kill boatmates to ensure the survival of the others on the lifeboat. The seamen were convicted,...
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The legal and economic analysis presented here empirically tests the theoretical framework advanced by Buscaglia (1997) and by Kugler, Verdier, and Zenou (2003). This paper goes beyond the prior literature by focusing on the empirical assessment of the actual implementation of the institutional...
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This chapter presents a public choice theory of criminal procedure. The core idea is that criminal procedure is best …
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The legal and economic analysis presented here empirically tests the theoretical framework advanced by Buscaglia (1997) and by Kugler, Verdier, and Zenou (2003). This paper goes beyond the prior literature by focusing on the empirical assessment of the actual implementation of the institutional...
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algorithms and mechanisms are empirically more accessible, it is the top level, the level of computational theory, which is …'s Soul, I argue that a notable weakness of Greene's approach to moral psychology is its neglect of computational theory. A … and omissions. How do people actually do this? What is the theory which explains their practice? Greene claims that …
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, his empiricist learning theory does not explain how complex concepts like agent, intention, cause, and wrong are acquired … target in moral theory is far too crude and simplistic to do justice to the argument from the poverty of the stimulus. The … omissions with their alternatives. Does Nichols' empiricist theory explain how any of these complex deontic rules could be …
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Empirical work has grown in importance in law and economics. This growth coincides with improvements in research designs in empirical microeconomics more generally. In this essay, we provide a stylized discussion of some trends over the last two or three decades, linking the credibility...
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Theory of Deterrence. The Brazilian anticorruption leniency program has the followingmain characteristics: admit only partial …
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