| A Legal Theory Without Law: Posner V. Hayek on Economic Analysis of Law Contributor(s): Mestmacker, Ernst-Joachim (Author) |
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ISBN: 3161492765 ISBN-13: 9783161492761 Publisher: Mohr Siebeck OUR PRICE: $35.15 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2007 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Law | Commercial - General |
| LCCN: 2007465148 |
| Series: Beitrage Zur Ordnungstheorie Und Ordnungspolitik |
| Physical Information: (0.20 lbs) 66 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Ernst-Joachim Mestmacker reviews Richard Posner's and Friedrich A.von Hayek's legal theories. Both are famous for their contributions to law and economics. They are, however, adversaries in their concepts of law and how it is to be informed by economics. Posner finds the only scientific legal theory in the external (economic) analysis of law. With Friedrich von Hayek the role of rules of conduct and legislation is to be determined by the principles that govern a free and competitive order. There are, contrary to Posner, important contributions from legal scholarship, legal history and comparative law. |