Book review of Game theory and the transformation of family law: A new bargaining model for attorneys and mediators to optimize outcomes for divorcing parties
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Mayer, Bernard S.
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2016
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54
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3
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Book Review
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In this book, Waldron and Koritzinsky, provide a stimulating and interesting new way of understanding the impact of traditional approaches to divorce on families and divorcees. They ask whether the structure of divorce can be altered so that the payoff systems for a divorcing couple lead toward a more constructive and cooperative approach. Waldron and Koritzinsky encourage us to understand how what appears to be irrational behavior actually makes sense when you analyze the payoffs built into the divorce process and argue that we can change that system to reward more constructive behavior. They also urge us to look at subjective payoffs as well as objective outcomes. Their application of game theory yields rich insights to divorce practitioners, but it is important to remember that a rational actor model can only go so far in explaining the complexities and variations of the divorce process.
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Bernie Mayer, Book Review, 54 Fam. Ct. Rev. 535 (2016) (reviewing Kenneth H. Waldron & Allan R. Koritzinsky, Game Theory and the Transformation of Family Law: A New Bargaining Model for Attorneys and Mediators to Optimize Outcomes for Divorcing Parties (2015)).