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The origins of law and economics : essays by the founding fathers / Francesco Parisi, Charles K. Rowley, [editors]. - Cheltenham, UK ; Northhampton, MA : Edward Elgar, 2005. - xi, 531 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. - Locke Institute series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:
List of Contributors;
Acknowledgements;
Part I: Introductory Essays:
1. An Intellectual History of Law and Economics: 1739-2003 - Charles K. Rowley;
2. Methodological Debates in Law and Economics: The Changing Contours of a Discipline -Francesco Parisi;
3. The Fire of Truth: A Remembrance of Law and Economics at Chicago, 1932-1970 - Edmund W. Kitch;
Part II: Essays by the Founding Fathers:
4. The Economics Way of Looking at Behavior - Gary S. Becker;
5. Cost, Choice, and Catallaxy: An Evaluation of Two Related but Divergent Virginia Paradigms - James M. Buchanan;
6. The Pointlessness of Pareto: Carrying Coase Further - Guido Calabresi;
7. The Relevance of Transaction Costs in the Economic Analysis of Law - Ronald H. Coase;
8. The Confluence of Justice and Efficiency in the Economic Analysis of Law - Robert D. Cooter;
9. toward a Theory of Property Rights II: The Competition between Private and Collective Ownership - Harold Demsetz;
10. The Economist in Spite of Himself - Richard A. Epstein;
11. The Art of Law and Economics: An Autobiographical Essay - William M. Landes;
12. How Law and Economics was Marketed in a Hostile World: A Very Personal History -Henry G. Manne;
13. The Law and Economics Movement: From Bentham to Becker - Richard A. Posner;
14. The Rise of Law and Economics: A Memoir of the Early Years - George L. Priest;
15. Why was the Common Law Efficient? - Paul H. Rubin;
16. Law versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct - Steven Shavell;
17. Journeys across the Divides - Michael J. Trebilcock;
18. The Case against the Common Law - Gordon Tullock;
19. Why Law, Economics, and Organization?- Oliver E. Williamson;
Index.


ISBN: 1840649631

LCCN: 2004056370

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Law and economics--History.
Law and economics.

LC Class. No.: K487.E3 / O75 2005

Dewey Class. No.: 330.1 ROW