Ayotte, Kenneth; Smith, E. Henry --- "Research Handbook on the Economics of Property Law" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2011) [2011] ELECD 140

Editor(s): Ayotte, Kenneth; Smith, E. Henry

Title: Research Handbook on the Economics of Property Law

Series: Research Handbooks in Law and Economics series

Topics: Law and Economics

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 31 January 2011

Number of pages: 416

ISBN (hard cover): 9781847209795

ISBN (soft cover): 9781849807487

EISBN: 9781849808972

Abstract/Description:

Leading scholars in the field of law and economics contribute their original theoretical and empirical research to this major Handbook. Each chapter analyzes the basic architecture and important features of the institutions of property law from an economic point of view, while also providing an introduction to the issues and literature.

Property rights and property systems vary along a large number of dimensions, and economics has proven very conducive to analyzing these patterns and even the nature of property itself. The contributions found here lend fresh perspectives to the current body of literature, examining topics including: initial acquisition; the commons, anticommons, and semicommons; intellectual property; public rights; abandonment and destruction; standardization of property; property and firms; marital property; bankruptcy as property; titling systems; land surveying; covenants; nuisance; the political economy of property; and takings. The contributors employ a variety of methods and perspectives, demonstrating the fruitfulness of economic modeling, empirical methods, and institutional analysis for the study of both new and familiar problems in property.

Legal scholars, economists, and other social scientists interested in property will find this Handbook an often-referenced addition to their libraries.