{"id":2803,"date":"2015-11-21T13:56:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T12:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towfigh.net\/emanuel\/en\/?p=2803"},"modified":"2023-05-04T10:52:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T08:52:42","slug":"economic-methods-for-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towfigh.net\/en\/research\/economic-methods-for-lawyers.html","title":{"rendered":"Economic Methods for Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emanuel V. Towfigh<\/em> andNiels Petersen<\/em><\/a>, with contributions by Markus Englerth<\/em>, Sebastian J. Goerg<\/em>, Stefan Magen<\/em>, Alexander Morell<\/em> and Klaus Ulrich Schmolke<\/em><\/p>\n

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The textbook \u00bbEconomic Methods for Lawyers<\/a>\u00ab, published 2015 (hardcover) and 2017 (softcover) with Edward Elgar, is now available open access<\/em> (i.e., the PDF files of the chapters are freely available, at no cost) using a CC-BY license:<\/p>\n

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\n224 pages
\nCheltenham, Edgar Elgar Publishing
\nPublished in print: 27 Nov 2015
\nISBN: 9781783471669
\neISBN: 9781783471676
\nDOI: 10.4337\/9781783471676
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About the book<\/h2>\n

Responding to the growing importance of economic reasoning in legal scholarship, this innovative work provides an essential introduction to the economic tools which can usefully be employed in legal reasoning. It is geared specifically towards those without a great deal of exposure to economic thinking and provides law students, legal scholars and practitioners with a practical toolbox to shape their writing, understanding and case preparation.<\/p>\n

The book\u2019s clear focus on economic methods poses a refreshing change to conventional textbooks in this area, which tend to focus on content-related theories. Recognising that it is often difficult to derive adequate conclusions for legal arguments without first understanding the methodological limitations of economic studies, this book provides a comprehensive coverage of the most important economic concepts in order to bridge this gap. These include:<\/p>\n