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Law's order : what economics has to do with law and why it matters /
What does economics have to do with law? Suppose legislators propose that armed robbers receive life imprisonment. Editorial pages applaud them for getting tough on crime. Constitutional lawyers raise the issue of cruel and unusual punishment. Legal philosophers ponder questions of justness. An econ...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | What does economics have to do with law? Suppose legislators propose that armed robbers receive life imprisonment. Editorial pages applaud them for getting tough on crime. Constitutional lawyers raise the issue of cruel and unusual punishment. Legal philosophers ponder questions of justness. An economist, on the other hand, observes that making the punishment for armed robbery the same as that for murder encourages muggers to kill their victims. This is the cut-to-the-chase quality that makes economics not only applicable to the interpretation of law, but beneficial to its crafting. D. |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (329 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Bibliographical references, citations to cases, and footnotes are available only on the World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: | 140081166X 9781400811663 9781400823475 1400823471 |