Economic Analysis of Public Law

Part 1 Basic Principles.- 1 Key Questions in an Economic Analysis of Public Law.- Studying Law from Outside the Legal Field: The Purpose and Perspective of an Economic Analysis of Law.- Theoretical Concepts.- 2 State-Constitution-Democracy.- Principles of an Institutional Economics of the State and Constitution.- Constitutional Theory of Democracy (Contract Theories).- Tasks of the State.- State Structure (Specifically Federalism).- Open Statehood.- 3 Economic Theory of Institutions and Organisations.- Basic Principles.- Key Problems in Organisational Economics.- Types of Organisations.- 4 Theory of State Decision-making.- Decision-makers.- Regulation.- Part 2 Focus Areas.- 5 Public Finance.- National Budget.- Government Spending.- Government Revenue.- Public Finances Under Federalism.- 6 Public Economic Law.- Basic Principles.- Stateand Competition.- Economic Regulation.- International Economic Relations and the Global Economic Constitution.- 7 Environmental Economics.- Principles of Environmental Economics.- Environmental Policy Measures.- Instrument Variety and Instrument Mix.- International Aspects of Environmental Policy.