The Republic of Beliefs: A New Approach to Law and Economics

by Kaushik Basu and Robert

A leading economist offers a radically new approach to the economic analysis of the law

The Republic of Beliefs argues that the traditional economic analysis of the law has significant flaws and has failed to answer certain critical questions satisfactorily. Why are good laws drafted but never implemented? When laws are unenforced, is it a failure of the law or the enforcers? And, considering that laws are simply words on paper,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691210047
• ISBN13: 9780691210049
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"