A Note on Private versus Social Incentives to Sue in a Costly Legal System

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Previous articleNext article No AccessA Note on Private versus Social Incentives to Sue in a Costly Legal SystemPeter S. MenellPeter S. Menell Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by The Journal of Legal Studies Volume 12, Number 1Jan., 1983 Sponsored by The University of Chicago Law School Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/467713 Views: 5Total views on this site Citations: 32Citations are reported from Crossref Copyright 1983 The University of ChicagoPDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Yotam Kaplan Economic Theory of Tort Law, SSRN Electronic Journal 13 (Jan 2021).https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3808077Samantha Bielen, Wim Marneffe, Wim Vereeck Litigation Decision, (Apr 2019): 1352–1360.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7753-2_589Emanuela Carbonara, Francesco Parisi, Georg von Wangenheim Rent-Seeking and Litigation: The Hidden Virtues of Limited Fee Shifting, Review of Law & Economics 11, no.22 (Jun 2015): 113–148.https://doi.org/10.1515/rle-2015-0027S. 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