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The Economics of Justice
The Honorable Richard A. Posner
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Description for The Economics of Justice
Paperback. Posner uses economic analysis to probe justice and efficiency, primitive law, privacy, and the constitutional regulation of racial discrimination. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: KCA; LAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 313 x 30. Weight in Grams: 622.
Richard A. Posner is probably the leading scholar in the rapidly growing field of the economics of law; he is also an extremely lucid writer. In this book, he applies economic theory to four areas of interest to students of social and legal institutions: the theory of justice, primitive and ancient social and legal institutions, the law and economics of privacy and reputation, and the law and economics of racial discrimination.
The book is designed to display the power of economics to organize and illuminate diverse fields in the study of nonmarket behavior and institutions. A central theme is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674235267
SKU
V9780674235267
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About The Honorable Richard A. Posner
Richard A. Posner retired as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017. He was previously a senior lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.
Reviews for The Economics of Justice
Richard Posner is the leading pioneer in the relatively new field known loosely as ’law and economics’… [He] is in the thick of the intellectual battles about the kind of world we live in, and the kind we want to create.
Thomas Sowell
Fortune
The book is a testimony to the range of Posner’s competence and interest. ... Read more
Thomas Sowell
Fortune
The book is a testimony to the range of Posner’s competence and interest. ... Read more