The highlight of this intellectually rich volume is the multiple
perspectives it offers on the economic analysis of the tort system.
In collecting these essays from leading legal scholars, Jennifer
Arlen offers a wide range of empirical, institutional, and
doctrinal dimensions of economic thought critical to assessing how
our socio-legal system addresses the problem of accidental harm.
The volume will serve as an invaluable contribution to the
literature on the dynamic character of the tort system in action.'
- Robert L. Rabin, Stanford Law School, US'An indispensable
resource for anyone interested in economic analysis of tort law,
and tort law period. Professor Arlen has assembled an academic
all-star team, and its members have prepared up-to-date, high
quality, and accessible treatments of centrally important topics
ranging from causation and damages to vicarious liability and
insurance to tort reform and tort alternatives. With respect to the
analysis of tort law through the lenses of empirical and
microeconomic analysis, this is now the go-to volume.' John
Goldberg, Harvard Law School, US 'This Handbook redefines the
boundaries of research in the economics of torts by integrating the
standard model with a theoretical and empirical analysis of the
institutions intervening before (contracts) and after (litigation)
the occurrence of harm. It is an essential companion for scholars
working in this field and provides plenty of new ideas for further
research.' - Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci, University of Amsterdam, The
Netherlands This pioneering Handbook contains
specially-commissioned chapters on tort law from leading experts in
the field. This volume evaluates issues of vital importance to
those seeking to understand and reform the tort law and the
litigation process, taking a multi-disciplinary approach, including
theoretical economic analysis, empirical analysis, socio-economic
analysis, and behavioral analysis. Topics discussed include
products liability, medical malpractice, causation, proximate
cause, joint and several liability, class actions, mass torts,
vicarious liability, settlement, damage rules, juries, tort reform,
and potential alternatives to the tort system. Scholars, students,
legal practitioners, regulators, and judges with an interest in
tort law, litigation, damages, and reform will find this seminal
Handbook an invaluable addition to their libraries. Focusing on
issues of vital importance to those seeking to understand and
reform the tort system, this volume takes a multi-disciplinary
approach, including theoretical economic analysis, empirical
analysis, socio-economic analysis, and behavioral analysis of
liability rules and the litigation process. Topics discussed
include products liability, medical malpractice, causation,
proximate cause, joint and several liability, class actions, mass
torts, vicarious liability, settlement, damage rules, juries, tort
reform, and potential alternatives to the tort system. Scholars,
students, law practitioners, regulators, judges and economists with
an interest in tort law, litigation, damages, and reform will find
this seminal Handbook an invaluable addition to their libraries.
Contributors: J. Arlen, L. Babcock, T. Baker, R. Cooter, A.F.
Daughety, D. DePianto, S.S. Diamond, T. Eisenberg, R.A. Epstein, J.
Furgeson, M.A. Geistfeld, M.F. Grady, L. Hardcastle, M. Heise, E.
Helland, D.R. Hensler, K.N. Hylton, L.A. Kornhauser, R. Kraakman,
G. Miller, J.F. Reinganum, J.M. Salerno, S.A. Seabury, C.M.
Sharkey, P. Siegelman, E.L. Talley, M. Trebilcock, P.-E. Veel, W.K.
Viscusi, A.L. Wickelgren, K. Zeiler
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