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Economics of Evidence, Procedure and Litigation : Vol - 1 & 2 / edited by Chris William Sanchirico.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Economic Approaches to Law | Economic approaches to lawPublication details: Cheltenham : Edward Elgar Pub., 2007.Description: xxiii, 521 p. : v.1 ill., charts ; 25 cm; xxiv, 651 p. : v. 2 ill., charts ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781845429393
  • 1845429397
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 22 347.05 SAN
Contents:
Volume - I Part I - Models with Exogenous Litigation Spending A Settlement and Plea Bargaining: Cooperative Game Theory Approach B Settlement and Plea Bargaining: Asymmetric Information Models C The Selection of Disputes for Litigation D The Allocation of Legal Costs E Negative Expected Value Suits F Discovery G Litigation and Primary Activity Incentives PART II MODELS WITH ENDOGENOUS LITIGATION SPENDING A The Litigation Expenditure Game B How Results Change when Spending is Endogenous
Volume II PART I THE PRODUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF LEGAL EVIDENCE: FOUR APPROACHES A Pure Probabilistic Deduction B Omission Models C Endogenous Cost Evidence D Correlated Private Information PART II TRUTH FINDING VERSUS PRIMARY ACTIVITY INCENTIVE SETTING PART III ADVERSARIAL PROCESS VERSUS INQUISITORIAL PROCESS A Balance or Bias in Adversarial Competition B Explicit Comparison PART IV SPECIFIC RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE A Proof Burdens B Character Evidence C Hearsay D Privilege E Perjury, Obstruction of Justice and Similar Sanctions: Optimal Level F Perjury, Obstruction of Justice and Similar Sanctions: Optimal Structure
Summary: Over the last three decades, the use of mathematical methods and logic and the innovative application of game theoretic, economic and statistical methods have reshaped the way scholars of legal evidence and procedure think about core features of the current legal system and the construction of an ideal justice system. In this comprehensive collection, Professor Sanchirico has brought together the major breakthroughs in this exciting confluence of scholarly methods and concerns. Volume I corresponds in essence to the legal field of procedure. It includes papers which focus mainly on events which surround and are influenced by trial, rather than on trial itself: such events include the decision to sue, the settlement of disputes out of court and ‘primary activity’ behaviour, such as contractual performance, product design or precaution in hazardous activities. Volume II corresponds more to the field of evidence. It delves into the workings of the trial process itself and investigates the interaction between the actual mechanics of trial on the one hand and filing, settlement, and primary activity behaviour on the other.
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Reference Books Reference Books CUTN Central Library Reference Reference 347.05 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Vol - I 44208
Reference Books Reference Books CUTN Central Library Reference Reference 347.05 SAN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan Vol - II 44209

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"Wherever possible, the articles in these volumes have been reproduced as originally published using facsimile reproduction, inclusive of footnotes and pagination to facilitate ease of reference."--Prelim.

Volume - I Part I - Models with Exogenous Litigation Spending

A Settlement and Plea Bargaining: Cooperative Game Theory Approach
B Settlement and Plea Bargaining: Asymmetric Information Models
C The Selection of Disputes for Litigation

D The Allocation of Legal Costs
E Negative Expected Value Suits
F Discovery G Litigation and Primary Activity Incentives PART II MODELS WITH ENDOGENOUS LITIGATION SPENDING A The Litigation Expenditure Game B How Results Change when Spending is Endogenous

Volume II PART I THE PRODUCTION AND INTERPRETATION OF LEGAL EVIDENCE: FOUR APPROACHES A Pure Probabilistic Deduction B Omission Models C Endogenous Cost Evidence
D Correlated Private Information PART II TRUTH FINDING VERSUS PRIMARY ACTIVITY INCENTIVE SETTING PART III ADVERSARIAL PROCESS VERSUS INQUISITORIAL PROCESS
A Balance or Bias in Adversarial Competition B Explicit Comparison PART IV SPECIFIC RULES OF EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE
A Proof Burdens B Character Evidence C Hearsay D Privilege E Perjury, Obstruction of Justice and Similar Sanctions: Optimal Level F Perjury, Obstruction of Justice and Similar Sanctions: Optimal Structure

Over the last three decades, the use of mathematical methods and logic and the innovative application of game theoretic, economic and statistical methods have reshaped the way scholars of legal evidence and procedure think about core features of the current legal system and the construction of an ideal justice system. In this comprehensive collection, Professor Sanchirico has brought together the major breakthroughs in this exciting confluence of scholarly methods and concerns.

Volume I corresponds in essence to the legal field of procedure. It includes papers which focus mainly on events which surround and are influenced by trial, rather than on trial itself: such events include the decision to sue, the settlement of disputes out of court and ‘primary activity’ behaviour, such as contractual performance, product design or precaution in hazardous activities. Volume II corresponds more to the field of evidence. It delves into the workings of the trial process itself and investigates the interaction between the actual mechanics of trial on the one hand and filing, settlement, and primary activity behaviour on the other.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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