Origins of Law and Economics: The Economists' New Science of Law, 1830-1930
(Part of the Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics Series)
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In the 1830s, the new science of law aimed to explain the working rules of human society by using the methodologically individual terms of economic discourse. Practitioners were inclined to admit altruistic values, bounded rationality, and institutional inertia into their research programs. This positive analysis of law tended to push normative discussions up from the level of specific laws to society's political organization. Late-twentieth-century...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521023866
ISBN13:9780521023863
Release Date:November 2005
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:216 Pages
Weight:0.71 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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