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Economic Analysis of Law - LAWS3335

Faculty: Faculty of Law

School: Faculty of Law

Course Outline: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisite: Completion of 78 UOC in LAWS courses.

Excluded: JURD7335

CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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Description

This course provides an introduction to economic analysis of law and policy.
Main Topics
Legal topics
  • Contractual damages
  • Surrogacy law
  • Environmental law and wind power
  • Indigenous rights and mining
  • Sex discrimination law
  • International rights to cultural property
Economic topics/concepts
  • Pareto Efficiency
  • Rational Risk-taking
  • Behavioural Biases
  • Moral Hazard
  • Asymmetric Information
  • Externalities
  • Public Choice or Interest Group Theories
  • Social Choice Theory
  • Game Theory
  • Empirical Legal Methods
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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Study Levels

Undergraduate Study Postgraudate Study Postgraduate Research Study Non-Award Study

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