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Posner Richard A

Frontiers of legal theory - Delhi Universal Law Publishing Co.Pvt.Ltd. 2006 - 453p

CONTENTS:
Introduction;
I. Economics;
1. The Law and Economics Movement: From Bentham to Becker;
2. The Speech Market;
3. Normative Law and Economics: From Utilitarianism to Pragmatism;
II. History;
4. Law’s Dependence on the Past;
5. Historicism in Legal Scholarship: Ackerman and Kahn;
6. Savigny, Holmes, and the Law and Economics of Possession;
III. Psychology;
7. Emotion in Law;
8. Behavioral Law and Economics;
9. Social Norms, with a Note on Religion;
IV. Epistemology;
10. Testimony;
11. The Principles of Evidence and the Critique of Adversarial Procedure;
12. The Rules of Evidence;
V. Empiricism;
13. Counting, Especially Citations;
Acknowledgments;
Index.



Subjects--Topical Terms:
1.Legal Theory - A Comparative Study2.Comparative Study - Laws

Dewey Class. No.: 340.100000 / POS-2