This collection of essays by philosophers, political theorists, and social critics ranges over two millennia--from the ideas of Plato and Aristotle to those of contemporary thinkers such as John Rawls and Robert Nozick. It examines the nature of justice, its importance in human …
Beginning with a critical interpretation of copyright history in the United States, the author goes on to explore such crucial issues as the videocassette recorder and the control of copyrights, the invention of cable television and the first challenge to the filmed entertainmen…
Launching into a complete analysis of copyright law in our capitalistic and hegemonistic political system. Ronald Bettig uncovers the power of the wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property. Beginning with a critical inte…
Launching into a complete analysis of copyright law in our capitalistic and hegemonistic political system. Ronald Bettig uncovers the power of the wealthy few to expand their fortunes through the ownership and manipulation of intellectual property. Beginning with a critical inte…
One of the most influential economists of this century, R.H. Coase has revolutionized the way economists and legal scholars understand the push-and-pull of the marketplace. Recipient of the 1991 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for his seminal work on industrial organization, Co…
Economic analysis is being applied by scholars to an increasing range of legal problems. This collection brings together some of the main contributions to an important area of this work, the economics of contract law. The essays and illuminating notes, questions, and introductio…
Economic analysis is being applied by scholars to an increasing range of legal problems. This collection brings together some of the main contributions to an important area of this work, the economics of contract law. The essays and illuminating notes, questions, and introductio…
Major approaches to law and public policy, ranging from law and economics to the fundamental rights approach to constitutional law, are based on the belief that the identification of the correct social goals or values is the key to describing or prescribing law and public policy…
'The Oxford Handbook of Behavioral Economics and Law' brings together leading scholars of law, psychology, and economics to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of this field of research, including its strengths and limitations as well as a forecast of its future dev…
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This synthesis of law, philosophy and market theory provides a new jurisprudence of exchange. It presents a fundamental critique of the traditional economic analysis of law and an alternative approach through semiotic analysis, examining the market exchange process through the b…
