Law and Economics

New Trajectories in Law
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-03-239659-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 138 Seiten, Format (B × H): 224 mm x 143 mm, Gewicht: 272 g

Reihe: New Trajectories in Law

This book examines the contemporary significance of the Law and Economics movement.

Drawing on anthropology, sociology, political economy, and ethics, the book traces the influence of lawyer-economists in developing and operationalizing key ideas—for instance human capital and structural adjustment—that have come to be grouped under the heading of “neoliberalism”. It then examines how these ideas are tied to global environmental harm and to wealth inequality. Largely because of such ties, sociolegal studies tend to dismiss economic thought. This book, however, forges a path between economic and sociolegal approaches. Discussing thinkers such as Foucault and Polanyi, Calabresi and Sunstein, it demonstrates both the possibilities and limitations inherent in economistic approaches to law. Bringing together disparate and sometimes conflicting literatures, the book thereby eschews disciplinary taboos in the name of a creative, sympathetic, and critical rereading of the key ideas of Law and Economics.

This book will be of interest to students and researchers in sociolegal studies, anthropology, sociology, and economics.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Tejani, Riaz

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Law and Economics Everywhere?

1 Key Ideas

2 Landscapes

3 Globalization

Conclusion: Toward a “Critical” Law and Economics

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Riaz Tejani is Associate Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Redlands, California, USA.