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ECON 224 - Law and Economics


This course may also count for the major in (consult the program or department major requirements) :
Law and Society
Semester Offered: Second Semester
Credits (Range): 3 hours
Attribute: 3SS, QP-H, WR
Using principles of economics to analyze legal issues provide insight into how laws create incentives that affect welfare-maximizing behavior. This course explores and justifies major areas of law, such as property, contracts and torts, through application of basic economic theory. We further evaluate the economic role of remedies when such legal rules are violated. Advantages and limitations of economic analysis of law also are considered.
Enrollment Limit: 40
Instructor: J. Hawkins
Prerequisites & Notes
Prerequisite: ECON 101 or its equivalent.



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