The jurisprudential niche of law and economics -- Chicago law and economics -- Public choice theory -- Institutional law and economics -- The new institutional economics -- Branching out : New Haven, Modern Civic Republican, and Austrian approaches -- Social norms and law and economics

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...

1 Toward a Comparative Institutional Approach to the Study of Law and Economics -- 2 The New Economic Analysis of Law: Legal Rules as Incentives -- 3 Law and Economics: An Institutional Perspective -- 4 The Law and Economics and Critical Legal Studies Movements in American Law -- 5 Public Choice...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1. The Jurisprudential Niche of Law and Economics -- Chapter 2. Chicago Law and Economics -- Chapter 3. Public Choice Theory -- Chapter 4. Institutional Law and Economics -- Chapter 5. The New Institutional Economics -- Chapter 6. Branching Out: New...