Foundations of Law and Economics
Economic Analysis of Law
Richard A. Posner
- Year
- 1973
- Venue
- Little, Brown; later Aspen Publishing editions
- Level
- Advanced
Summary
Systematizes the economic analysis of legal doctrine across property, contract, tort, criminal law, procedure, regulation, organizations, and constitutional questions. The book made economic reasoning accessible to legal audiences by treating legal rules as incentive structures and by distinguishing positive explanation from normative evaluation.
Citation
Richard A. Posner. "Economic Analysis of Law." Little, Brown; later Aspen Publishing editions, 1973.
BibTeX
@book{Posner1973Economic,
title = {Economic Analysis of Law},
author = {Richard A. Posner},
year = {1973},
publisher = {Little, Brown; later Aspen Publishing editions},
url = {https://aspenpublishing.com/products/posner-economic-analysis-of-law-9e}
}