ADAM SMITH AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND ECONOMICS by Professor Robin Paul Malloy (Editor), Jerry Evensky (Editor) ( 9780792327967 )

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Title:

ADAM SMITH AND THE PHILOSOPHY OF LAW AND ECONOMICS

By:

Professor Robin Paul Malloy (Editor), Jerry Evensky (Editor)

Format:

Hardback

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ISBN 10:

0792327969

ISBN 13:

9780792327967

Publisher:

KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS

Pub. date:

26 April, 1994

Edition:

1994 ed.

Series:

Law and Philosophy Library v.20

Pages:

238

Description:

This study of Adam Smith and his work presents observations on Smith's views on community, ethics, the court system, criminal law, and delictual or tort law liability, and explores the "living Smith" by way of a debate between two major contributors in the field of law and economics.

Synopsis:

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.

Illustrations:

black & white illustrations

Publication:

Imprint:

Kluwer Academic Publishers

Returns:

Non-returnable

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