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This is the first chapter of the revised edition of our book, Economics and the Law: From Posner to Postmodernism and Beyond (Princeton University Press, forthcoming August 2006). In this chapter we introduce the reader to the field of Law and Economics by defining the field broadly and...

This thoroughly updated and revised edition of a popular and authoritative reference work introduces the reader to the major concepts and leading contributors in the field of law and economics. The Companion features accessible, informative and provocative entries on all the significant issues,...