| 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: 0521023866 ISBN-13: 9780521023863 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $56.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History - Business & Economics | Economics - Theory |
| Dewey: 330.1 |
| LCCN: 2006277310 |
| Series: Historical Perspectives on Modern Economics |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6" W x 9" (0.71 lbs) 216 pages |
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| 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. |