| LC control no. | sh 95009376 |
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| LC classification | K487.E3 |
| Topical heading | Law and economics |
| Variant(s) | Economics and jurisprudence Economics and law Jurisprudence and economics |
| See also | Economics Jurisprudence |
| Scope note | Here are entered works on the discipline that studies law from the perspective of economic theory. Works on the economic aspects of the legal system are entered under Law--Economic aspects. |
| Subject example tracing | Note under Law--Economic aspects |
| Found in | Work cat.: European journal of law and economics, Mar. 1994. Law and economics in a nutshell, 1995: p. 1 (Chicago period of law and economics describes "what law would look like if courts adopted efficiency as their guiding standard") p. 2 (in post-Chicago era, one branch maintains "there is an ideological bias inherent in the application of economics to law"; 2nd branch is "effort to incorporate law and economics into broader spectrum of interdisciplinary themes about law") p. 56 (Coase theorem central to law and economics: "the assignment of rights by courts or legal authorities may have little to do with who eventually possesses those rights") Veljanovski, C.G. The new law-and-economics, 1982: p. 2 ("The term 'law-and-economics' (or 'economic analysis of law') as used here is defined as the application of economic theory, mostly price or micro-economic theory, and empirical methods to examine the formation, structure, processes, and impact of law and legal instruments") Ox. companion law (Jurisprudence and economics) Harvard Law School catalog, 1992-1993: p. 136 (Seminar: Law and Economics; research in economic analysis of law) Expanded academic index (Law and economics) Legal resource index (Law and economics) |
| Not found in | Black's law dict. |
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