| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 232 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction / Antony W. Dnes and Robert Rowthorn -- Marriage: the long-term contract / Lloyd R. Cohen -- Marital commitment and the legal regulation of divorce / Elizabeth S. Scott -- Mutual consent divorce? / Allen M. Parkman -- An economic approach to adultery law / Eric Rasmusen -- Louisiana's covenant marriage law: recapturing the meaning of marriage for the sake of the children / Katherine Shaw Spaht -- Cohabitation and marriage / Antony W. Dnes -- Marriage as a signal / Robert Rowthorn -- For better or for worse? Is bargaining in marriage and divorce efficent? / Martin Zelder -- Weak men and disorderly women: divorce and the division of labor / Steven L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig -- The impact of legal reforms on marriage and divorce / Douglas W. Allen -- European divorce laws, divorce rates, and their consequences / Ian Smith |
| Summary |
The role of 'incentives' is considered in this economic approach to family law. The book discusses the possible adverse consequences emanating from faulty legal design, while demonstrating that good family law should provide incentives for consistent behavior. This will interest lawyers, policy-makers and economists concerned with family law |
| Analysis |
Jura Jura |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Domestic relations.
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Domestic relations -- Economic aspects
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LAW -- Family Law -- General.
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Domestic relations
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Eheschließung
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Ehescheidung
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Institutionenökonomie
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Ökonomische Theorie des Rechts
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Huwelijksrecht.
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Echtscheidingsrecht.
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Economische aspecten.
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Mariage.
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Divorce.
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Eheschlie€ung.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dnes, Antony W
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Rowthorn, Bob
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| LC no. |
2001035640 |
| ISBN |
051117604X |
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9780511176043 |
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051104206X |
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9780511042065 |
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9780511495328 |
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0511495323 |
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9780511044830 |
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0511044836 |
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0511156774 |
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9780511156779 |
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9786610419388 |
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6610419388 |
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