Law and public choice : a critical introduction / Daniel A. Farber and Philip P. Frickey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Farber, Daniel A., 1950-

Contributor:

Frickey, Philip P., 1953-2010.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Law and economics.

Law--Economic aspects--United States.

Law.

Social choice.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Law and Public Choice, Daniel Farber and Philip Frickey present a remarkably rich and accessible introduction to the driving principles of public choice. In this, the first systematic look at the implications of social choice for legal doctrine, Farber and Frickey carefully review both the empirical and theoretical literature about interest group influence and provide a nonmathematical introduction to formal models of legislative action. Ideal for course use, this volume offers a balanced and perceptive analysis and critique of an approach which, within limits, can illuminate the dynamics of government decision-making. "Law and Public Choice is a most valuable contribution to the burgeoning literature. It should be of great interest to lawyers, political scientists, and all others interested in issues at the intersection of government and law."-Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago Law School

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. INTEREST GROUPS AND THE POLITICAL PROCESS

2. ARROW'S THEOREM AND THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS

3. ECONOMIC REGULATION AND THE CONSTITUTION

4. STATUTORY INTERPRETATION

5. INTEGRATING PUBLIC CHOICE AND PUBLIC LAW

EPILOGUE: BEYOND THE ECONOMIC SPHERE

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786612679025

9781282679023

1282679023

9780226238111

0226238113

OCLC:

648760695