📘 Law and Economics: A Contemporary Perspective
✍️ Editors: Prof. (Dr.) Ranita Nagar & Dr. Hiteshkumar Thakkar
📅 Edition: 2025 | 🏛️ Language: English | 📚 Publisher: Gujarat National Law University (GNLU)

⚖️🔍 A Groundbreaking Collection of Legal and Economic Insights

This unique book is a pioneering compilation of interdisciplinary research papers at the intersection of law and economics, offering both theoretical insights and policy implications across critical domains. Spanning Intellectual Property, Criminal Justice, Tech, COVID-19 Policy, and Labour Economics, the book presents a multifaceted and data-informed approach to contemporary legal and socio-economic issues.

🧠 Key Highlights:

• Foreword by Justice A.K. Sikri, lending judicial endorsement and academic relevance

• 20 original chapters, divided across five thematic Parts for structured learning

• Empirical research and policy recommendations deeply rooted in Indian socio-legal context

• Contributions from scholars affiliated with the GNLU Centre for Law and Economics, India’s leading think-tank on economic analysis of law

• Innovative Topics: Memeconomics, Dark Patterns, Gig Economy, Defections in Indian politics, IPR pricing of vaccines, etc.

📂 Table of Contents (Select Themes):

🧬 Intellectual Property & Markets

• IP taxation in cross-border trade

• IPR and vaccine pricing

• Economic critique of dismantling the IPAB

⚖️ Justice System & Reforms

• Marital rape through cost-benefit lens

• Capital punishment economics

• Third-party litigation funding

• Reforming criminal justice information gaps

🦠 Pandemic Policy & Welfare

• Keynesian analysis of rural employment schemes post-COVID

• Vaccine mandate debates

• Pandemic-era welfare and inequality

💻 Technology & Regulation

• Cybersecurity through legal-economic lens

• Dark patterns and consumer law

• Sustainable innovations in cyber-business

🌍 Miscellaneous Innovations

• Meme markets and cultural economics

• Mediation economics in matrimonial disputes

• Higher education policy balancing equity vs efficiency

• Gig workers, antitrust, and collective bargaining

🎯 Who Should Read This?

• Legal Scholars & Economists

• Policy Analysts & Government Advisors

• Postgraduate Law/Economics Students

• Lawyers, Academicians & Think Tanks

• Anyone keen on interdisciplinary legal studies or economic policy

💬 "Law and Economics is no longer a niche—this book proves it’s a necessity. With cutting-edge topics and empirical research, this work sets a new benchmark for interdisciplinary legal scholarship in India."