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Methodologies of law and economics / edited by Thomas S. Ulen.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Encyclopedia of law and economics (2nd ed.) ; 10Publication details: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA, USA : Edward Elgar Publishing, c.2017.Description: vi, 285 p. ; 25 cmSubject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 340.11 MET 22
Contents:
The changing methodologies of law and economics / Thomas S. Ulen -- The use of eonomics for understanding law : an economist's view of the cathedral / Thomas J. Miceli -- A public choice perspective / Maxwell L. Stearns -- A social choice view of law and economics / Maxwell L. Stearns and Megan J. McGinnis -- Legal philosophy and law and economics / Horacio Spector -- Economic analysis of legal history / Daniel Klerman -- Evolutionary dynamics theory and method / Daria Roithmayr -- A law and economics perspective on legal families / Nuno Garoupa and Mariana Pargendler -- Behavioral law and economics / Thomas S. Ulen -- Empirical law and economics / Thomas S. Ulen.
Summary: "When law and economics first became an important part of the legal academy, it was a relatively straightforward application of microeconomic theory to legal issues. However, in the past 40 years the field has expanded its toolkit dramatically. This...[book] maps the methodological territory in law and economics with a series of entries by distinguished scholars. These entries introduce and evaluate the law and economics mechanisms, including: the roles of microeconomic theory, public and social choice, history, complexity theory, philosophy, comparative law studies, behavioral economics and empirical techniques. Each one introduces a methodology, demonstrates its importance to the field of law and economics and assists the reader in navigating the leading literature on that topic."
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The changing methodologies of law and economics / Thomas S. Ulen -- The use of eonomics for understanding law : an economist's view of the cathedral / Thomas J. Miceli -- A public choice perspective / Maxwell L. Stearns -- A social choice view of law and economics / Maxwell L. Stearns and Megan J. McGinnis -- Legal philosophy and law and economics / Horacio Spector -- Economic analysis of legal history / Daniel Klerman -- Evolutionary dynamics theory and method / Daria Roithmayr -- A law and economics perspective on legal families / Nuno Garoupa and Mariana Pargendler -- Behavioral law and economics / Thomas S. Ulen -- Empirical law and economics / Thomas S. Ulen.

"When law and economics first became an important part of the legal academy, it was a relatively straightforward application of microeconomic theory to legal issues. However, in the past 40 years the field has expanded its toolkit dramatically. This...[book] maps the methodological territory in law and economics with a series of entries by distinguished scholars. These entries introduce and evaluate the law and economics mechanisms, including: the roles of microeconomic theory, public and social choice, history, complexity theory, philosophy, comparative law studies, behavioral economics and empirical techniques. Each one introduces a methodology, demonstrates its importance to the field of law and economics and assists the reader in navigating the leading literature on that topic."

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