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On Game Theory and the Law

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BairdDouglas, GertnerRobert, & PickerRandall, Game Theory and the Law. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1994. xii + 330 pages. $45.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Kenneth Dau-Schmidt ,
Eric Rasmusen ,
Jeffrey Evans Stake ,
Robert H. Heidt  and
Michael Alexeev
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Law & Society Review , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , 1997 , pp. 613 - 630
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References

Baird, Douglas G., & Picker, Randall C. (1991) “A Simple Noncooperative Bargaining Model of Corporate Reorganizations,” 20 J. Legal Studies 311–49.Google Scholar
Ehrenberg, John (1996) Proudhon and His Age. Adantic Highlands, NJ: Humanities Press.Google Scholar
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Rasmusen, Eric (1994) Games and Information. 2d ed. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell Publishers (1st ed. 1989).Google Scholar
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Cases

E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. FTC, 96 F.T.C. 653 (1980).Google Scholar
E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co. v. FTC, 729 F.2d 128 (2d Cir. 1984).Google Scholar
NLRB v. Burns International Security Services, 406 U.S. 272 (1972).Google Scholar
NLRB v. MacKay Radio & Telegraph Co., 304 U.S. 333 (1938).Google Scholar
Triangle Conduit & Cable Co. v. FTC, 168 F.2d (7th Cir. 1948), affd by an equally divided court sub nom. Clayton Mark & Co. v. FTC, 336 U.S. 956 (1949).Google Scholar

Other Readings on Game Theory

Ayres, Ian (1990) “Playing Games with the Law,” 43 Stanford Lata Rev. 1291–1317 (May). An essay/review of Rasmusen's Games and Information, showing how game theory can be applied to law.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Ayres, Ian, & Gertner, Robert (1992) “Strategic Contractual Inefficiency and the Optimal Choice of Legal Rules,” 101 Yale Law J. 729–73. A recent example of the use of game theory in a law review article.Google Scholar
Binmore, Kenneth G. (1992) Fun and Games: A Text on Game Theory. Lexington, MA: D. C. Heath, 1992. A fun introduction.Google Scholar
Boyd, Robert D., & Richerson, Peter J. (1985) Culture and the Evolutionary Process. Chicago: Univ. of Chicago Press. An anthropological application of game theory.Google Scholar
Brams, Steven J. (1980) Biblical Games: A Strategic Analysis of Stories in the Old Testament. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Just what it says.Google Scholar
Campbell, Richard, & Sowden, Lanning (1985) Paradoxes of Rationality and Cooperation: Prisoner's Dilemma and Newcomb's Problem. Vancouver: Univ. of British Columbia Press. A collection of essays in philosophy.Google Scholar
Dau-Schmidt, Kenneth G. (1992) “A Bargaining Analysis of American Labor Law and the Search for Bargaining Equity and Industrial Peace,” 91 Michigan Law Rev. 419–514 (December). Applications of game theory to American labor law.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Dawkins, Richard (1986) The Blind Watchmaker. New York: W. W. Norton. Sociobiological applications of game theory. Excellent examples.Google Scholar
Dixit, Avinash K., & Nalebuff, Barry (1991) Thinking Strategically: The Competitive Edge in Business, Politics, and Everyday Life. New York: W. W. Norton. A popular science book on game theory by two top researchers.Google Scholar
McMillan, John (1992) Games, Strategies, and Managers: How Managers Can Use Game Theory to Make Better Business Decisions. New York: Oxford Univ. Press. Designed for master's level students in government and business administration.Google Scholar
Ordeshook, Peter C. (1986) Game Theory and Political Theory; An Introduction. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press. How political scientists use game theory.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Rasmusen, Eric (1994) Games and Information. Cambridge, MA: Basil Blackwell Publishers. 2d ed. (1st ed. 1989). Somewhat mathematical, but less so than most books on game theory for economists.Google Scholar
Tirole, Jean, & Fudenberg, Drew (1991) Game Theory. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. The premier graduate economics text on game theory. Sophisticated math skills required.Google Scholar