The strategic constitution
"Robert Cooter argues that constitutional theory should trouble itself less with literary analysis and arguments over founders' intentions and focus much more on the real-world consequences of various constitutional provisions and choices. Pooling theories from economics and political science, particularly those developed from game theory, Cooter's economic analysis of constitutions fundamentally recasts a field of growing interest and dramatic international importance."--Jacket
Print Book, English, ©2000
Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J., ©2000
xvi, 412 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780691058641, 9780691096209, 0691058644, 0691096201
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DETAILED CONTENTS ix LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xv LIST OF TABLES xvii PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix CHAPTER 1. Taking Consequences Seriously: Introduction 1 PART I: PROCESSES OF GOVERNMENT: VOTING, BARGAINING, ADMINISTERING 15 CHAPTER 2. Voting 17 CHAPTER 3. Bargaimng 51 CHAPTER 4. Administering 79 PART II: THE OPTIMAL NUMBER OF GOVERNMENTS 101 CHAPTER 5. Intergovernmental Relations CHAPTER 6. Government Competition 127 CHAPTER 7. Ministries and Agencies PART III: OPTIMAL DIVISION OF POWERS CHAPTER 8. Specialization 173 CHAPTER 9. Separation of Powers 211 PART IV: OPTIMAL RIGHTS 241 CHAPTER 10. The Value of Rights 243 CHAPTER 11. Philosophies of Rights: Liberty and Redistribution 261 CHAPTER 12. Property Rights 279 CHAPTER 13. Free Speech 309 CHAPTER 14. Civil Rights 333 CHAPTER 15. Summary and Conclusion 359 BIBLIOGRAPHY 381 GENERAL INDEX 399 INDEX OF NAMES 409