On the efficiency of the common law: an application to the recovery of rewards
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Keywords
Efficiency of the common law; Civil law; Contracts; Rewards; Unilateral contracts; Property; Innovation; Finders keepers; Salvage; Maritime law;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)
- K10 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - General (Constitutional Law)
- K12 - Law and Economics - - Basic Areas of Law - - - Contract Law
- O30 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - General
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