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Economic Analysis of Criminal Law: A Survey

In: Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law

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  • Alon Harel

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Jeremy Bentham and Gary Becker established the tradition of analyzing criminal law in utilitarian and economic terms. This seminal book continues that tradition with specially commissioned, original papers that span the philosophical foundations of the use of economics in criminal law, both traditional economic perspectives and behavioral and experimental approaches to the discipline.

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  • Alon Harel, 2012. "Economic Analysis of Criminal Law: A Survey," Chapters, in: Alon Harel & Keith N. Hylton (ed.), Research Handbook on the Economics of Criminal Law, chapter 1, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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