The Pursuit of Justice

1. An Introduction to The Pursuit of Justice
Edward J. López

2. The Rise of Government Law Enforcement in England
Nicholas A. Curott, Edward P. Stringham

3. Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes?
Russell S. Sobel, Matt E. Ryan, Joshua C. Hall

4. Romancing Forensics: Legal Failure in Forensic Science Administration
Roger G. Koppl

5. Judicial Checks on Corruption
Adriana S. Cordis

6. Effects of Judicial Selection on Criminal Sentencing
Aleksandar Tomic, Jahn K. Hakes

7. Economic Development Takings as Government Failure
Ilya Somin

8. On the Impossibility of “Just Compensation” When Property Is Taken: An Ethical and Epistemic Inquiry
John Brätland

9. The Lawyer-Judge Hypothesis
Benjamin H. Barton

10. Class Action Rent Extraction: Theory and Evidence of Legal Extortion
Jeffrey Haymond

11. Cy Pres and Its Predators
Charles N. W. Keckler

12. Licensing Lawyers: Failure in the Provision of Legal Services
Adam B. Summers

Keywords: Economics, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Economic Policy, Law, general