The law and economics of marriage and divorce

1. Introduction / Antony W. Dnes and Robert Rowthorn

2. Marriage: the long-term contract / Lloyd R. Cohen

3. Marital commitment and the legal regulation of divorce / Elizabeth S. Scott

4. Mutual consent divorce / Allen M. Parkman

5. economic approach to adultery law / Eric Rasmusen

6. Louisiana's covenant marriage law: recapturing the meaning of marriage for the sake of the children / Katherine Shaw Spaht

7. Cohabitation and marriage / Antony W. Dnes

8. Marriage as a signal / Robert Rowthorn

9. For better or for worse? Is bargaining in marriage and divorce efficient? / Martin Zelder

10. Weak men and disorderly women: divorce and the division of labor / Steven L. Nock and Margaret F. Brinig

11. impact of legal reforms on marriage and divorce / Douglas W. Allen

12. European divorce laws, divorce rates, and their consequences / Ian Smith.