Law and Social Economics : Essays in Ethical Values for Theory, Practice, and Policy (Hardcover)

PART I: FOUNDATIONS 1. Towards a Contractarian Theory of Law; Claire Finkelstein 2. Environmental Ethics, Economics, and Property Law; Steven McMullen and Daniel Molling 3. Individual Rights, Economic Transactions and Recognition: A Legal Approach to Social Economics; Stefano Solari 4. Institutionalist Method and Forensic Proof; Robert M. LaJeunesse 5. Retributivist Justice and Dignity: Finding a Role for Economics in Criminal Justice; Mark D. White PART II: APPLICATIONS 6. Female Genital Mutilation and the Law: A Qualitative Case Study; Regina Gemignani and Quentin Wodon 7. An Unexamined Oxymoron: Trust but Verify; David George 8. On the Question of Court Activism and Economic Interests in 19th Century Married Women's Property Law; Daniel MacDonald 9. Divergent Outcomes of Land Rights Claims of Indigenous Peoples in the United States; Wayne Edwards 10. Punitive (and) Pain-and-Suffering Damages in Brazil; Osny da Silva Filho