Law and Economics

by Satish Jain

Economic analysis of law has been preoccupied by considerations of efficiency and often regards values and individual preferences to be independent of social institutions. This volume analyses the flaws in such an approach by pointing out the incommensurability of fundamental societal values in the context of the institutional structure. Given that individual preferences and values and social values impact each other in the context of an institutional...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198067739
• ISBN13: 9780198067733
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 8.9"