Binding Early Offers as a Simple, if Second-Best, Alternative to Tort Law

Authors

Jeffrey O'Connell, University of Virginia School of Law
Geoffrey Paul Eaton, Sullivan & Cromwell

Abstract

I. Introduction

II. Complexity, Simplicity, and Tort Law ... A. Complexity ... B. Simple Rules ... C. Personal Injury Tort Law Is a Complex Rule

III. "Early Offers"

IV. "Early Offers" Is a Simple Rule ... A. Epstein's Simple Rule for Torts: Protection from Aggression ... B. Administrative Costs and Incentive Effects ... C. Early Offers as Almost-Contract: An Argument from the Political Economy of Complexity

Recommended Citation

Jeffrey O'Connell and Geoffrey Paul Eaton, Binding Early Offers as a Simple, if Second-Best, Alternative to Tort Law, 78 Neb. L. Rev. (1999)
Available at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nlr/vol78/iss4/7