Economic Analysis of Law versus Institutionnalism. A “in situation” comparison This paper compares two approaches of law economics concerning the same empirical object - the United States employees savings schemes – on one hand within the framework of mainstream Law and Economics and on...

The paper aims to show the overall coherence of the system of thought Commons employed to build his institutional economics. For that and in order not to stay enclosed within the American context Commons’ ideas have been considered to be dependent upon, we read him through the methodological...

Cette communication retrace le contexte et le contenu du débat sur la responsabilité vis-à-vis de l'emploi qui s'est déroulé aux Etats-Unis dans les années 20-30. En approfondissant les sous-bassements analytiques du raisonnement institutionnaliste porté par Commons autour de la première...