Harrison's Law and Economics in a Nutshell provides expert coverage of the classic issues, including basic price theory, definitions of efficiency, the Coase Theorem, and the economics of contract, tort, criminal, regulation, antitrust, and intellectual property law. The text also discusses: Public choice What it means to be a rational maximizer of self-interest The assumptions underlying economic analysis as applied to law Limitations on the application of economic theory to law The theory of second best The prisoner's dilemma The economics of marriage The economics of inheritance Evolutionary theories of law The economics of settlement The implications of recent research into happiness