The law and economics of marriage and divorce /
The law and economics of marriage and divorce / electronic resource
edited by Anthony Dnes and Robert Rowthorn.
- Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
- 1 online resource (ix, 232 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
051117604X 9780511176043 051104206X 9780511042065 9780511495328 0511495323 9780511044830 0511044836 0511156774 9780511156779
Domestic relations.
Domestic relations--Economic aspects.
LAW--Family Law--General.
Domestic relations.
Huwelijksrecht.
Echtscheidingsrecht.
Economische aspecten.
Eheschließung
Ehescheidung
Institutionenökonomie
Aufsatzsammlung
Ökonomische Theorie des Rechts
Mariage.
Divorce.
Jura Jura.
K670 / .L39 2002eb
346.01/5
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
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.
051117604X 9780511176043 051104206X 9780511042065 9780511495328 0511495323 9780511044830 0511044836 0511156774 9780511156779
Domestic relations.
Domestic relations--Economic aspects.
LAW--Family Law--General.
Domestic relations.
Huwelijksrecht.
Echtscheidingsrecht.
Economische aspecten.
Eheschließung
Ehescheidung
Institutionenökonomie
Aufsatzsammlung
Ökonomische Theorie des Rechts
Mariage.
Divorce.
Jura Jura.
K670 / .L39 2002eb
346.01/5