Economics Of Contract Law
Edited by Douglas G. Baird (Edward Elgar 2007)
At $275.00 retail, this collection of previously published articles is not exactly priced for the individual book buyer, but check out the library's copy for Baird's introduction to the topic and his selection of greatest hits.
The publisher's listing is here. The table of contents is after the break.
Introduction Douglas G. Baird
PART I CONTRACTING
1. Charles J. Goetz
and Robert E. Scott (1980), ‘Enforcing Promises: An Examination of the Basis of
Contract’
2. Oliver Hart and John Moore (1999), ‘Foundations of Incomplete
Contracts’
3. Richard Craswell (1989), ‘Contract Law, Default Rules, and the
Philosophy of Promising’
4. Eric A. Posner (2003), ‘Economic Analysis of
Contract Law After Three Decades: Success or Failure?’
5. Anthony T. Kronman
(1978), ‘Mistake, Disclosure, Information, and the Law of Contracts’
PART
II EFFICIENT BREACH AND RENEGOTIATION
6. Steven Shavell (1980), ‘Damage
Measures for Breach of Contract’
7. William P. Rogerson (1984), ‘Efficient
Reliance and Damage Measures for Breach of Contract’
PART III EXPECTATION
DAMAGES AND ITS ALTERNATIVES
8. Kathryn E. Spier and Michael D. Whinston
(1995), ‘On the Efficiency of Privately Stipulated Damages for Breach of
Contract: Entry Barriers, Reliance, and Renegotiation’
9. Alan Schwartz
(1979), ‘The Case for Specific Performance’
10. Robert E. Scott and George G.
Triantis (2004), ‘Embedded Options and the Case Against Compensation in Contract
Law’
PART IV DEFAULT RULES
11. Richard A. Posner and Andrew M.
Rosenfield (1977), ‘Impossibility and Related Doctrines in Contract Law: An
Economic Analysis’
12. Richard A. Epstein (1989), ‘Beyond Foreseeability:
Consequential Damages in the Law of Contract’
13. Ian Ayres and Robert
Gertner (1989), ‘Filling Gaps in Incomplete Contracts: An Economic Theory of
Default Rules’
14. Lucian Ayre Bebchuk and Steven Shavell (1991),
‘Information and the Scope of Liability for Breach of Contract: The Rule of
Hadley v. Baxendale’
PART V MARKETS
15. Alan Schwartz and Louis L.
Wilde (1979), ‘Intervening in Markets on the Basis of Imperfect Information: A
Legal and Economic Analysis’
16. Sanford J. Grossman (1981), ‘The
Informational Role of Warranties and Private Disclosure About Product
Quality’
17. Richard A. Epstein (1975), ‘Unconscionability: A Critical
Reappraisal’
18. Douglas G. Baird (2006), ‘The Boilerplate Puzzle’
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