Law and economics (Topical Term)

Work cat.: European journal of law and economics, Mar. 1994.

Law and economics in a nutshell, 1995: p. 1 (Chicago period of law and economics describes "what law would look like if courts adopted efficiency as their guiding standard") p. 2 (in post-Chicago era, one branch maintains "there is an ideological bias inherent in the application of economics to law"; 2nd branch is "effort to incorporate law and economics into broader spectrum of interdisciplinary themes about law") p. 56 (Coase theorem central to law and economics: "the assignment of rights by courts or legal authorities may have little to do with who eventually possesses those rights")

Veljanovski, C.G. The new law-and-economics, 1982: p. 2 ("The term 'law-and-economics' (or 'economic analysis of law') as used here is defined as the application of economic theory, mostly price or micro-economic theory, and empirical methods to examine the formation, structure, processes, and impact of law and legal instruments")

Ox. companion law (Jurisprudence and economics)

Harvard Law School catalog, 1992-1993: p. 136 (Seminar: Law and Economics; research in economic analysis of law)

Expanded academic index (Law and economics)

Legal resource index (Law and economics)

Black's law dict.

Here are entered works on the discipline that studies law from the perspective of economic theory. Works on the economic aspects of the legal system are entered under Law--Economic aspects.

Note under Law--Economic aspects