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This is the text of a coase lecture given at the university of chicago law school on january 6, 1998. Publication date 1986 topics law, trade regulation publisher. They are the injuries to person or property by railroads, factories, and the like. Hayeks legal theory and contrasts the two thinkers very different views of the nature of law, knowledge, and the rule of law. Economic analysis of law aspen casebook series kindle edition. From law and economics to an economic analysis of law article pdf available in journal of the history of economic thought 3102 june 2009 with. Judge posner writes about the subject clearly, and introduces the translation of welfare economics to law in an orderly fashion. Posner, of the united states court of appeals for the. The second claim, often called the normative claim, asserts that common law legal rules ought to be. The torts with which our courts are kept busy today are mainly the. Introduction judge richard posner of the university of chicagos school of law is the best known exponent of law and economics in the world. His writing and organization is accessible, lucid, and userfriendly.
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Wittman is professor of economics at the university of california, santa cruz. Bibliographic record and links to related information available from the library of congress catalog. Lucid, comprehensive, and definitive in its field, this text covers every aspect of economic analysis of the law. This article is the first comprehensive though it is neither exhaustive nor definitive economic analysis of that law. Buy economic analysis of law aspen casebook 9th ed.
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