Overview

The Law and Economics approach to law dominates the intellectual discussion of nearly every doctrinal area of law in the US and its influence is growing steadily outside America as well. This year marks the thirtieth anniversary of the publication of Richard Posner's Economic Analysis of Law, the book that launched the Law and Economics movement. The sixth edition of the book was published earlier this year, this time competing against over twenty textbooks, collections and casebooks on law and economics. Although there has been phenomenal growth in this area questions remain. Why has Law and Economics movement become so successful? What is the current status of the Chicago School? What are the alternative theories and how much influence do they exert? What can be considered mainstream today? What are the norms and values underlying this impressive body of research? These issues, amongst others, are thoroughly explored by the contributors, including Posner himself, Gerrit de Geest and Thomas Ulen in this important book.

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Author:   Aristides Hatzis ,  Nicholas Mercuro
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.657kg
ISBN:  

9780415404105

ISBN 10:   041540410
Pages:   364
Publication Date:   29 January 2015
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Norms and Values in the Economic Approach to Law 2. Flawed Foundations: The Philosophical Critique of (a Particular Type of) Economics 3. Norms and Values in the Study of Law 4. The Dominance of Norms 5. From Dismal to Dominance? 6. Beyond The Law-And-Economics Approach – From Dismal To Democratic 7. Functional Law and Economics: The Search for Value-Neutral Principles of Lawmaking 8. Law & Economics: Systems of Social Control, Managed Drift, and the Dilemma of Rent Seeking in a Representative Democracy 9. Autonomy, Welfare, and the Pareto Principle 10. Any Normative Policy Analysis Not Based on Kaldor-Hicks Efficiency Violates Scholarly Transparency Norms 11. Law and Economics, the Moral Limits of the Market, and Threshold Deontology 12. Moral Externalities: An Economic Approach to the Legal Enforcement of Morality 13. Engagement with Economics: The New Hybrids of Family Law/Law & Economics Thinking 14. The Figure of the Judge in Law and Economics 15. Behavioral Law and Economics: Its Origins, Fatal Flaws, and Implications for Liberty

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