Happiness and the law /
Happiness & the law
John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco, Jonathan S. Masur.
- x, 289 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-282) and index.
Measuring happiness -- Well-being analysis -- Well-being analysis vs. cost-benefit analysis -- Happiness and punishment -- Adaptation, affective forecasting, and civil litigation -- Some problems with preference theories and objective theories -- A hedonic theory of well-being -- Addressing objections to the hedonic theory.