Economic Transplants: On Lawmaking for Corporations and Capital Markets

by Katja Langenbucher

Book Overview

Why and in what ways have lawyers been importing economic theories into a legal environment, and how has this shaped scholarly research, judicial and legislative work? Since the financial crisis, corporate or capital markets law has been the focus of attention by academia and media. Formal modelling has been used to describe how capital markets work and, later, has been criticised for its abstract assumptions. Empirical legal studies and regulatory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107081807
• ISBN13: 9781107081802
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.4" x 9.5"