Böcker av Yun-chien Chang

"The book builds on hand-coded data on nearly 300 dimensions on the substance of property law in 156 jurisdictions globally and applies plain-language economic analysis to real-world legal schemes. Cutting-edge machine learning algorithms and statistical analysis are applied. Detailed citations to laws in each jurisdiction are useful to lawyers"--

This book empirically explores whether and under what conditions the judicial process is efficient. Three specific issues are addressed: first, disputants self-select into litigation. Do they tend to bring cases with merit? Second, filed cases differ in their social import. Do courts select more important cases to devote more resource to? Third, courts establish precedents, affect resource allocation in the cases at hand, and influence future behaviours of transacting parties. Do courts, like Judge Posner asserts, tend to make decisions that enhance allocative efficiency and reduce transaction costs? Positive answers to the above questions attest to the efficiency of the judicial process. What drive efficient or inefficient outcomes are the selections and decisions by litigants, litigators, and judges. Their earlier selections and decisions affect later ones. Eleven chapters in this book, authored by leading empirical legal scholars in the world, deal with these issues in the US, Europe, and Asia.