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Concepts in Law and Economics: A Guide for the Curious
Jim Leitzel
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Description for Concepts in Law and Economics: A Guide for the Curious
Hardback. Concepts in Law and Economics: A Guide for the Curious applies the methods of law and economics to everything from art to kidneys to meteorites. Compact yet comprehensive, this book is an ideal introduction to a vast number of concepts and controversies in the fields of law and economics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: JP; KC; LA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 436.
Economic debates about markets and freedom from the late 1940s onwards focused increasingly on how laws and regulation affected economic behavior, and how economics influenced legal decision-making. By the late 1950s the term law and economics came into use to refer to the application of economic analysis to legal problems. The overlap between legal and political systems also led to issues in law and economics being raised in political economy, constitutional economics, and political science. Concepts in Law and Economics: A Guide for the Curious provides a comprehensive integration of the fields of ... Read more
Economic debates about markets and freedom from the late 1940s onwards focused increasingly on how laws and regulation affected economic behavior, and how economics influenced legal decision-making. By the late 1950s the term law and economics came into use to refer to the application of economic analysis to legal problems. The overlap between legal and political systems also led to issues in law and economics being raised in political economy, constitutional economics, and political science. Concepts in Law and Economics: A Guide for the Curious provides a comprehensive integration of the fields of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
436 g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780190213978
SKU
V9780190213978
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Ref
99-4
About Jim Leitzel
Jim Leitzel is the Director of Public Policy Studies in the College at the University of Chicago, where he has taught public policy and economics since 1998. He received his PhD in economics from Duke University; he has taught at Vanderbilt University, Duke University, the New Economic School in Moscow, and the International School of Economics at Tbilisi State University. ... Read more
Reviews for Concepts in Law and Economics: A Guide for the Curious
Concepts in Law and Economics: A Guide for the Curious is a highly accessible, thorough, and entertaining introduction to the interaction of law and economics. Leitzel's engaging volume reads almost like a mystery as he sets up a wide range of real and hypothetical scenarios to illustrate the key points. Readers will be curious about discovering the answer and, in ... Read more