K1 Basic Areas of Law

摘要

Eger, Thomas and Schafer, Hans-Bernd, eds. Research Handbook on the Economics of European Union Law. Research Handbooks in Law and Economics. Cheltenham, U.K. and Northampton, Mass.: Elgar, 2012. Pp. vi, 427. $229.95. ISBN 978-1-84980-100-3. Sixteen papers present an economic analysis of the most important elements of EU law and the mechanisms of decisions within the European Union. Papers discuss a constitution like any other?-comparing the European constitution with nation state constitutions; the rules of decision making in EU institutions; EU decision making and the allocation of responsibility; whether member state liability for the infringement of European law can deter national legislators; subsidiarity for a changing union; mutual recognition-economic and regulatory logic in goods and services; the law and economics of the free movement of persons in the European Union; corporate governance in Europe-foundations, developments, and perspectives; private law-tort; private law-contract; the evolution of consumer protection in the European Union; an economic analysis of legal harmonization-the case of law enforcement within the European Union; private enforcement of antitrust law; Eastern enlargement of the European Union; the economics of multilin-gualism in the European Union; and law and economics of the Monetary Union. Eger is Professor of Law and Economics in the Faculty of Law at the University of Hamburg. Schafer is Affiliate Professor with Bucerius Law School and Professor Emeritus of Economics in the Institute for Law and Economics at the University of Hamburg. Index.