The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Economics and the Law [Hardcover]

The past twenty years have witnessed a surge in behavioral studies of law and law-related issues. These studies have challenged the application of the rational-choice model to legal analysis and introduced a more accurate and empirically grounded model of human behavior. This integration of economics, psychology, and law is breaking exciting new ground in legal theory and the social sciences, shedding a new light on age-old legal questions as well as cutting edge policy issues.

The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Lawbrings together leading scholars of law, psychology, and economics to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of this field of research, including its strengths and limitations as well as a forecast of its future development. Its 29 chapters organized in four parts. The first part provides a general overview of behavioral economics. The second part comprises four chapters introducing and criticizing the contribution of behavioral economics to legal theory. The third part discusses specific behavioral phenomena, their ramifications for legal policymaking, and their reflection in extant law. Finally, the fourth part analyzes the contribution of behavioral economics to fifteen legal spheres ranging from core doctrinal areas such as contracts, torts and property to areas such as taxation and antitrust policy.

Introduction

I. BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS: AN OVERVIEW
1. Heuristics and Biases
Jonathan Baron

2. Human Pro-Social Motivation and the Maintenance of Social Order
Simon G?chter

3. Moral Judgment
Jonathan Baron

II. BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS AND THE LAW: AN OVERVIEW AND CRITIQUE
4. The Importance of Behavioral Law
Thomas S. Ulen

5. Behavioral Law and Economics: Empirical Methods
Christoph Engel

6. Biasing, Debiasing, and the Law
Daniel Pi, Francesco Parisi, and Barbara Luppi

7. Alternative BLEs
Gregory Mitchell

III. BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS ANDlc,