Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations

Author:   Robert D. Cooter ,  Hans-Bernd Schäfer
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
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9780691147925


Pages:   344
Publication Date:   16 January 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Robert D. Cooter ,  Hans-Bernd Schäfer
Publisher:   Princeton University Press
Imprint:   Princeton University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9780691147925


ISBN 10:   0691147922
Pages:   344
Publication Date:   16 January 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Language:   English

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[C]ompelling ... -- Michael Strong Barron's Cooter and Schafer apply insights from the field of law and economics to the problem of poverty. They describe how institutions like contracts overcome dilemmas of trust at the heart of economic transactions. Readers interested in understanding the law and economics approach would do well to start with this well-written volume, which develops a model of the legal institutions needed for innovation... [A] significant contribution to the field. Choice The authors, Cooter and Schafer, skilfully avoid economics verbiage and complicated legal terms, providing instead a plethora of anecdotes, appropriate examples and studies. -- Lisa Kaaki Arab News


[C]ompelling ... -- Michael Strong Barron's Cooter and Schafer apply insights from the field of law and economics to the problem of poverty. They describe how institutions like contracts overcome dilemmas of trust at the heart of economic transactions. Readers interested in understanding the law and economics approach would do well to start with this well-written volume, which develops a model of the legal institutions needed for innovation... [A] significant contribution to the field. Choice


[C]ompelling ... -- Michael Strong Barron's


Cooter and Schafer apply insights from the field of law and economics to the problem of poverty. They describe how institutions like contracts overcome dilemmas of trust at the heart of economic transactions. Readers interested in understanding the law and economics approach would do well to start with this well-written volume, which develops a model of the legal institutions needed for innovation... [A] significant contribution to the field. --Choice [C]ompelling ... --Michael Strong, Barron's Rich in institutional detail, wisdom and practical advice. --Alex Tabarrok, Marginal Revolution The authors, Cooter and Schafer, skilfully avoid economics verbiage and complicated legal terms, providing instead a plethora of anecdotes, appropriate examples and studies. --Lisa Kaaki, Arab News


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Robert D. Cooter is the Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley. His books include The Strategic Constitution (Princeton). Hans-Bernd Schfer is professor of law and economics at the Bucerius Law School in Hamburg, Germany, and professor emeritus at the University of Hamburg. His books include The Economic Analysis of Civil Law.

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