The Legal Analyst: A Toolkit for Thinking about the Law

by Ward Farnsworth

Book Overview

There are two kinds of knowledge law school teaches: legal rules on the one hand, and tools for thinking about legal problems on the other. Although the tools are far more interesting and useful than the rules, they tend to be neglected in favor of other aspects of the curriculum. In The Legal Analyst , Ward Farnsworth brings together in one place all of the most powerful of those tools for thinking about law. From classic ideas in game theory such...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226238350
• ISBN13: 9780226238357
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 326 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 8.9"