Harm and Responsibility

The Economic Factors Controlling the Extent of Civil and Criminal Liability

Inbunden, Engelska, 2024

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The book discusses the ways that the law, tempered by religious and social norms, strikes a balance between these goals.The principal areas of law that assign legal responsibility are tort law (for accidental harms) and criminal law (for intentional harms).

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Utgivningsdatum2024-12-21
Mått148 x 210 x 21 mm
Vikt486 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor270
FörlagSpringer International Publishing AG
ISBN9783031748301

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Thomas J. Miceli is a professor of economics at the University of Connecticut. His research focuses on the economic analysis of law with particular emphasis on property law and criminal law. He is a recognized authority on the economics of eminent domain, a subject on which he has authored or co-authored three books. He is also the author of The Paradox of Punishment (Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and a co-author of Maritime Piracy and its Control (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015).

Chapter 1: Introduction.- PART 1. Assigning responsibility: Values and institutions.- Chapter 2: Values.- Chapter 3: Institutions.- Chapter 4: Causation and responsibility.- PART 2. Reasons for limiting responsibility.- Chapter 5: Tort doctrines.- Chapter 6: Criminal doctrines.- PART 3. Reasons for expanding responsibility.- Chapter 7: Tort doctrines.- Chapter 8: Criminal doctrines.- PART 4. Defining harm.- Chapter 9: Reciprocal causation.- Chapter 10: The meaning of harm.