Fundamental principles of law and economics / Alan Devlin.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Background principles in microeconomics -- Essential concepts in the law-and-economics literature -- Utilitarianism, neoclassical welfare economics, and the ethics of markets -- The economics of liability rules and accidents -- An economic account of tort doctrine -- An economic account of criminal behaviour -- Optimal criminal sanctions -- Problems in criminal law -- The economic role of property rights -- Protecting entitlements -- An economic theory of contract law -- The economics of contractual remedies -- An economic theory of litigation -- Innovation policy -- The patent system -- Copyright law -- Antitrust and the regulation of business strategy -- Antitrust limits on contract -- Monopolisation -- The regulation of natural monopoly -- Behavioural law & economics.