Law and Economics of Marriage and Divorce

Klappentext A discussion of family law from an economic perspective! considering the importance of 'incentives'. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction Antony W. Dnes and Robert Rowthorn; 2. Marriage: the long-term contract Lloyd R. Cohen; 3. Marital commitment and the legal regulation of divorce Elizabeth S. Scott; 4. Mutual consent divorce Allen M. Parkman; 5. An economic approach to adultery law Eric Rasmusen; 6. Louisiana's covenant marriage law: recapturing the meaning of marriage for the sake of the children Katherine Shaw Spaht; 7. Cohabitation and marriage Antony W. Dnes; 8. Marriage as a signal Robert Rowthorn; 9. For better or for worse? Is bargaining in marriage and divorce efficient? Martin Zelder; 10. Weak men and disorderly women: divorce and the division of labour Stephen L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig; 11. Impact of legal reforms on marriage and divorce Douglas W. Allen; 12. European divorce laws, divorce rates and their consequences Ian Smith.

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• Authors: Antony W. (University of Hertfordshire) Rowt Dnes, Antony W. Rowthorn Dnes
• Assisted by: A. W. Dnes (Editor), Antony W. Dnes (Editor), Dnes Antony W. (Editor), Robert Rowthorn (Editor), Rowthorn Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 14.02.2002
• EAN: 9780521809337
• ISBN: 978-0-521-80933-7
• No. of pages: 244
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; England, Wales, Business & Economics / General, Economics, finance, business & management, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LAW / Comparative, LAW / Family Law / Divorce & Separation, LAW / Family Law / Marriage, comparative law, Sociology & anthropology, EU (European Union), Sociology and anthropology, Family Law: Marriage & Divorce, Economics, finance, business and management, Family law: marriage, separation and divorce, Wales / Cymru