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Adam Smith and the Philosophy of Law and Economics 1994 Edition
Contributor(s): Malloy, Robin Paul, Professor (Editor), Evensky, Jerry (Editor), Malloy, R. P. (Editor)

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 ISBN: 0792327969     ISBN-13: 9780792327967
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE: $255.55  

Binding Type: Hardcover
Published: April 1994
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Annotation: Adam Smith and the Philosophy of Law and Economics is a unique book. Malloy and Evensky bring together a team of international and interdisciplinary scholars to address the work of Adam Smith as it relates to law and economics. In addition to their own contributions, the book includes works by Dr. John W. Cairns of the University of Edinburgh, Dr. J. Ralph Lindgren of Lehigh University, Professor Kenneth A.B. Mackinnon of the University of Waikato, and the Honorable Richard A. Posner of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Together these authors bring expertise from the areas of law, philosophy, history, economics, and law and economics to a new study of Adam Smith and his work. Part One of the book presents new and important observations on Smith's views on community, ethics, the court system, criminal law, and delictual or tort law liability. In this part of the book Smith's work is also examined from the perspective of his use as persuasive authority in the works of modern legal economists. In Part Two the living Smith' is explored by way of a debate between two major contributors in the field of law and economics. The debate and its analysis create a unique and contemporary opportunity to study Smith as a foundational source in the midst of a current academic and social policy dispute. The understanding of Adam Smith that emerges from this book is new and complex. It will challenge the one-dimensional portrayals of Smith as a promoter of self-interest and it will correct many of the misinterpretations of Smith that are currently fashionable in the worlds of law and economics and the philosophy of law.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Law | Reference
- Political Science
- Philosophy | Reference
Dewey: 340.1
LCCN: 94009710
Series: Topics in Regulatory Economics and Policy
Physical Information: 0.78" H x 6.6" W x 9.5" L (1.19 lbs) 240 pages
Features: Bibliography, Index
 
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In this text, Malloy and Evensky bring together a team of international and interdisciplinary scholars to address the work of Adam Smith as it relates to law and economics. In addition to their own contributions, the book includes works by Dr John W. Cairns of the University of Edinburgh, Dr J. Ralph Lindgren of Lehigh University, Professor Kenneth A.B. Mackinnon of the University of Waikato, and the Honourable Richard A. Posner of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals. Together, these authors bring expertise from the areas of law, philosophy, history, economics, and law and economics to a study of Adam Smith and his work.
 
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