Table of Contents
Preface: The Enterprise of Law after Twenty Years ix
Acknowledgments xv
1 Introduction 1
Part I From Voluntary to Authoritarian Law
2 Customary Legal Systems with Voluntary Enforcement 11
3 The Rise of Authoritarian Law 43
Part II A Public Choice Approach to Authoritarian Law
4 Law and Justice as a Political Market 87
5 The Demand Side of the Political Market 105
6 The Supply Side of the Political Market 127
7 Corruption of Law Enforcement Officials 159
Part III Reemergence of Private Alternatives
8 Contracting Out for Law and Justice 179
9 Current Trends in Privatization 201
10 Benefits of Privatizaton 235
Appendix to Chapter 10 253
Part IV Rationalizing Authoritarian Law
11 Market Failure in Law and Justice 271
12 The Legal Monopoly on Coercion 291
Appendix to Chapter 12 312
Part V From Authoritarian to Private Law
13 Political Barriers to Privatization 331
14 Envisioning a Private System 349
Index 379
About the Author 397