Frontiers of legal theory
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
067400485X
ISBN 13
9780674004856
DDC
340
Category
American Law
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Publication Year
2001
Publisher
Pages
vi, 453 pages
Subject
American General Law
Abstract
"The most exciting development in legal thinking since World War II has been the growth of interdisciplinary legal studies - the application of the social sciences and the humanities to law in the hope of making law less formalistic, more practical, better grounded empirically, better tailored to social goals. Judge Richard A. Posner has been a leader in this movement, and his new book explores its rapidly expanding frontier."--Jacket.
Description
Content:
1. Economics: The law and economics movement : from Bentham to Becker ; The speech market ; Normative law and economics : from utilitarianism to pragmatism -- 2. History: Law's dependence on the past ; Historicism in legal scholarship : Ackerman and Kahn ; Savigny, Holmes, and the law and economics of possession -- 3. Psychology: Emotion in law ; Behavioral law and economics ; Social norms, with a note on religion -- 4. Epitemology: Testimony ; The principles of evidence and the critique of adversarial procedure ; The rules of evidence -- 5. Empiricism: Counting, especially citations.
1. Economics: The law and economics movement : from Bentham to Becker ; The speech market ; Normative law and economics : from utilitarianism to pragmatism -- 2. History: Law's dependence on the past ; Historicism in legal scholarship : Ackerman and Kahn ; Savigny, Holmes, and the law and economics of possession -- 3. Psychology: Emotion in law ; Behavioral law and economics ; Social norms, with a note on religion -- 4. Epitemology: Testimony ; The principles of evidence and the critique of adversarial procedure ; The rules of evidence -- 5. Empiricism: Counting, especially citations.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Number of Copies
1
