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Legal Analyst : A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law by Ward Farnsworth (2007, Perfect)

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226238350

ISBN-139780226238357

eBay Product ID (ePID)57041036

Product Key Features

Number of Pages326 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameLegal Analyst : a Toolkit for Thinking about the Law

SubjectGeneral, Jurisprudence, Legal History

Publication Year2007

TypeTextbook

AuthorWard Farnsworth

Subject AreaLaw

FormatPerfect

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Item Height0.1 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length0.9 in

Item Width0.6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2006-039091

Dewey Edition22

ReviewsThis is an outstanding book that occupies a significant and unique niche in the literature of jurisprudence and legal methodology. Farnsworth introduces students and practitioners alike to basic methods of legal analysis across a broad range of disciplines. This book should become the ultimate 'toolkit' for those new to the profession., The Legal Analyst provides an engaging and enlightening introduction to the most essential concepts of legal reasoning. In exceptionally clear prose, Ward Farnsworth walks the reader through concepts such as the Coase Theorem, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and Property Rules and Liability Rules-peeling away the fog of confusion that often envelops them to reveal the deep and startlingly simple insights that they offer. The reader comes away from the book with a toolkit of ideas that can be used to take apart and examine almost any legal issue., This book is a very accessible introduction to the major ideas of modern legal thinking and useful survey of current thinking in the field. It covers an extraordinarily broad range of topics in a limited space and is very clearly written, studded with interesting examples and observations. It can profitably be read by law students, lawyers, and lay people with an interest in the legal system., The Legal Analyst provides an engaging and enlightening introduction to the most essential concepts of legal reasoning. In exceptionally clear prose, Ward Farnsworth walks the reader through concepts such as the Coase Theorem, the Prisoner's Dilemma, and Property Rules and Liability Rules--peeling away the fog of confusion that often envelops them to reveal the deep and startlingly simple insights that they offer. The reader comes away from the book with a toolkit of ideas that can be used to take apart and examine almost any legal issue., This is one of those rare books that will actually raise the level of analysis at every law school in the country. A must-read not only for students just beginning law school, but indeed for anyone who could use a reminder of how diverse and powerful the legal toolkit really is., This book is a very accessible introduction to the major ideas of modern legal thinking and useful survey of current thinking in the field. It covers an extraordinarily broad range of topics in a limited space and is very clearly written, studded with interesting examples and observations. It can profitably be read by law students, lawyers, and lay people with an interest in the legal system., This is one of those rare books that will actually raise the level of analysis at every law school in the country. A must-read not only for students just beginning law school, but indeed for anyone who could use a reminder of how diverse and powerful the legal toolkit really is., Every good lawyer knows that there's a standard set of argumentative moves that are repeatedly made in different legal settings. Farnsworth's book is chock full of the kind of tools that every legal analyst should have in his or her back pocket. This ambitious book is likely to spur a lively debate about what exactly are the essential tools of legal analysis. While some will grouse that their pet tool was excluded, the books points toward a new way of organizing the first-year curriculum. Farnsworth is forging a new pedagogical canon., Every good lawyer knows that there's a standard set of argumentative moves that are repeatedly made in different legal settings. Farnsworth's book is chock full of the kind of tools that every legal analyst should have in his or her back pocket. This ambitious book is likely to spur a lively debate about what exactly are the essential tools of legal analysis. While some will grouse that their pet tool was excluded, the books points toward a new way of organizing the first-year curriculum. Farnsworth is forging a new pedagogical canon.

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Dewey Decimal340/.11

Table Of ContentPreface · vii Acknowledgments · xi Part I. Incentives 1 Ex Ante and Ex Post 2 The Idea of Efficiency 3 Thinking at the Margin 4 The Single Owner 5 The Least Cost Avoider 6 Administrative Cost 7 Rents 8 The Coase Theorem Part II. Trust, Cooperation, and Other Problems for Multiple Players 9 Agency ( with Eric Posner ) 10 The Prisoner's Dilemma 11 Public Goods 12 The Stag Hunt 13 Chicken 14 Cascades 15 Voting Paradoxes 16 Suppressed Markets ( with Saul Levmore ) Part III. Jurisprudence 17 Rules and Standards 18 Slippery Slopes ( with Eugene Volokh ) 19 Acoustic Separation 20 Property Rules and Liability Rules 21 Baselines Part IV . Psychology 22 Willingness to Pay and Willingness to Accept: The Endowment Effect and Kindred Ideas 23 Hindsight Bias 24 Framing Effects 25 Anchoring 26 Self-Serving Bias, with a Note on Attribution Error Part V. Problems of Proof 27 Presumptions 28 Standards of Proof 29 The Product Rule 30 The Base Rate 31 Value and Markets Notes Author Index Subject Index

SynopsisThere are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more interesting and useful than the rules, they tend to be neglected in favor of other aspects of the curriculum. In The Legal Analyst , Ward Farnsworth brings together in one place all of the most powerful of those tools for thinking about law. From classic ideas in game theory such as the "Prisoner's Dilemma" and the "Stag Hunt" to psychological principles such as hindsight bias and framing effects, from ideas in jurisprudence such as the slippery slope to more than two dozen other such principles, Farnsworth's guide leads readers through the fascinating world of legal thought. Each chapter introduces a single tool and shows how it can be used to solve different types of problems. The explanations are written in clear, lively language and illustrated with a wide range of examples. The Legal Analyst is an indispensable user's manual for law students, experienced practitioners seeking a one-stop guide to legal principles, or anyone else with an interest in the law.

LC Classification NumberK212.F37 2007