Books written by Robert D. Cooter

  • Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations

    12. this crime is usually reported to the authorities. even so, authorities differ in how they classify the causes of death, especially in countries with domestic uprisings or civil wars. 13. Pearson rank correlation, 133 countries, ...

  • Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations

    40. in terms of game theory, politics has relatively more zero sum games (redistribution), and business has more positive sum games (production). the political philosopher carl Schmitt famously defined the political as the sphere of ...

  • Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution

    Getting Incentives Right explains how law might better serve the social good. In tort law, Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat propose that all foreseeable risks should be included when setting standards of care and awarding damages.

  • Law and Economics

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  • Solomon's Knot: How Law Can End the Poverty of Nations

    This book is a major addition to our knowledge on the relationship between the overall quality of the legal order and economic growth.

  • The Strategic Constitution

    Cooter applies an efficiency test to these alternatives, asking how far they satisfy the preferences of citizens for laws and public goods. To answer Cooter contrasts two types of democracy, which he defines as competitive government.

  • Getting Incentives Right: Improving Torts, Contracts, and Restitution

    Getting Incentives Right explains how law might better serve the social good. In tort law, Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat propose that all foreseeable risks should be included when setting standards of care and awarding damages.