This article examines French competition law through behavioural economics. It first claims that no legal rules forbid the use of heuristics and cognitive bias. Then, it argues that the French competition authority already implicitly uses these inputs. Finally, it examines the possible renewal...

Behavioral approach is nowadays one most prominent field within law and economics literature. Applying bias and heuristics to the law draws new insights and mechanisms on the role and functions of law in society. By studying Sunstein?s works on this topic, we argue that two different normative...

La capacité des expériences en laboratoire à inspirer l'élaboration et l'évaluation des politiques publiques a été reconnue très tôt dans l'histoire de son développement (Roth, 1988). Ce n'est que très récemment, pourtant, que cette question a émergé avec force dans...

The importance of The Spirit of laws for the political and economic thought is well-known. The aim of the paper is to reconsider the famous statements on political stability through the recent developments of New Political Economy. More precisely, we show that, as in many models of NPE, economic...