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A legal theory without law : Posner v. Hayek on economic analysis of law / Ernst-Joachim Mestmacker.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mestmäcker, Ernst Joachim.
- Series:
- Beitrage zur Ordnungstheorie und Ordnungspolitik ; 1434-3371 174.
- Beitrage zur Ordnungstheorie und Ordnungspolitik, 1434-3371 ; 174
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Law and economics.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (67 p.)
- Edition:
- 1. Aufl.
- Place of Publication:
- Tubingen : Mohr Siebeck, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Hauptbeschreibung Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker reviews Richard Posner's and Friedrich A.von Hayek's legal theories. Both are famous for their contributions to law and economics. They are, however, adversaries in their concepts of law and how it is to be informed by economics. Posner finds the only scientific legal theory in the external (economic) analysis of law. With Friedrich von Hayek the role of rules of conduct and legislation is to be determined by the principles that govern a free and competitive order. There are, contrary to Posner, important contributions from legal scholarshi
- Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter I. The issues; Chapter II. Posner's economic theory of law "from the outside"; Chapter III. New economic and the old European enlightenment; Chapter IV. Law and economics in perspective; 1. Utility v. happiness; 2. The visible hand of the law; Chapter V. Efficiency: The purpose of legal rules or the product of competition (Posner v. Hayek); 1. Two famous ideas; 2. Sources of law; 3. Rules of just conduct; 4. Whose common law?; 5. The abstract society; 6. The rule of law; Chapter VI. Science of law or the relevance of normative experiences
- Chapter VII. Limits of rational choiceChapter VIII. On the frontiers of Posner's legal theory; 1. Everyday pragmatism; 2. Positivism; 3. The end of legal history?; Bibliography
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [63]-66).
- Druckversion
- ISBN:
- 1-280-01221-8
- 9786613513359
- 3-16-151072-0
- OCLC:
- 782878441
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