| Origins of Law and Economics: The Economists' New Science of Law, 1830 1930 Contributor(s): Pearson, Heath (Author), Goodwin, Craufurd (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521581435 ISBN-13: 9780521581431 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $134.90 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 1997 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 330.1 |
| LCCN: 96035178 |
| Series: Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics |
| Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.07 lbs) 214 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 institutional economics is currently developing greater resemblances to this now-forgotten new science. |