Frontiers of legal theory

Type

Book

Authors

Posner, Richard A.

ISBN 10

067400485X

ISBN 13

9780674004856

DDC

340

Tags

Jurisprudence, Legal History, Law, Theory, Richard A. Posner, 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.

Biblio Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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