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The opening of American law : neoclassical legal thought, 1870-1970 /

Two late Victorian ideas disrupted American legal thought: the Darwinian theory of evolution and marginalist economics. The legal thought that emerged can be called 'neoclassical', because it embodied ideas that were radically new while retaining many elements of what had gone before. Alth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hovenkamp, Herbert, 1948- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Scarcity, biology and the rational actor
  • Natural selection, deterrence and mental defect
  • The science and law of race
  • Economics and law in the progressive era
  • Social value, taxation and public finance
  • From institutionalism to legal realism
  • Recasting the common law: the management of risk and relationship
  • The revolution in corporate finance
  • The separation of ownership and control
  • The twisted path to innovation policy
  • Structuralism in competition policy
  • Distribution and vertical control
  • The substantive due process triumvirate: health, safety and morals
  • The waning of classical labor policy
  • The regulatory state and federalism
  • Epilogue: the New Deal at bay.