Law and Economics in Europe

Foreword. - Preface. - Introduction. - Table of contents. - About the Authors. - Part I: Civil Law versus Common Law. - Never the Twain Shall Meet? ; Kai Purnhagen. - To What Extent Is the Opposition Between Civil Law and Common Law Relevant for Law and Economics? ; Régis Lanneau. - Comparative Study of Legal Reasoning in Swiss and UK Courts; Lynn Watkins. - Part II: Economic and Legal Thinking. - Homo Economicus versus Homo Iuridicus; Mariusz J. Golecki. - Three Realistic Strategies for Explaining and Predicting Judicial Decisions; Diego Moreno-Cruz. - Some Thoughts on Economic Reasoning in Appellate Courts and Legal Scholar-ship; Endre Stavang. - Cultures of Administrative Law in Europe: From Weberian Bureaucracy to `Law and Economics ; Klaus Mathis. - Part III: The Limits of Legal Transplants. - The Hand Rule as a Standard of Care in Swiss Tort Law? ; Balz Hammer and Sandra Duss. - Efficiency and Swiss Contract Law; Ariane Morin. - Class Action Lawsuits in Europe: A Comparative and Economic Analysis; Ricardo Dawidowicz. - Crown Witnesses in Switzerland? ; Zinon Koumbarakis. - Part IV: Economic Analysis in EU Law. - The Case for a Principled Approach to Law and Economics: Efficiency Analysis and General Principles of EU Law; Aurélien Portuese. - Homo Economicus, Behavioural Sciences, and Economic Regulation: On the Concept of Man in Internal Market Regulation and its Normative Basis; Jens-Uwe Franck and Kai Purnhagen. - Economic Principles in Antitrust Law in the Aftermath of the More Economic Approach; Claudia Seitz. - Index.