Am 25. Mai 2008 vollendet Hans-Bernd Schafer sein 65. Lebensjahr. Damit endet nach 32 Jahren seine aktive Zeit an der Universitat Hamburg. In diesen 32 Jahren hat Hans-Bernd Schafer in einer beispiellosen Kraftanstrengung die Entwicklung der "okonomischen Analyse des Rechts" - einer Forschungsrichtung, die sich Anfang der siebziger Jahre in den USA e- wickelt hat - in Europa vorangetrieben und in den Kopfen einer zunehmenden Anzahl von Juristen und Okonomen verankert. In dem 1986 zusammen mit Claus Ott in erster Auflage verfassten "Lehrbuch der o- nomischen Analyse des Zivilrechts" wird der...
Am 25. Mai 2008 vollendet Hans-Bernd Schafer sein 65. Lebensjahr. Damit endet nach 32 Jahren seine aktive Zeit an der Universitat Hamburg. In diesen 3...
English summary: Judicial procedure is commonly perceived as being too lengthy and costly, while the quality of the outcomes has been described as unsatisfactory. Hence, this volume is dedicated to the economic analysis of procedural law. The contributions concern, on the one hand, such fundamental issues as the costs and benefits of the judicial system as compared to alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. On the other hand, they focus on more specific aspects of procedural law, such as the role of the attorney, the effects of the age structure of judges on productivity and the quality of...
English summary: Judicial procedure is commonly perceived as being too lengthy and costly, while the quality of the outcomes has been described as uns...