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Law and Economics from an Evolutionary Perspective

Law and Economics from an Evolutionary Perspective

Author: Glen Atkinson
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 9781785361296
Published In: June 2016
Format: Hardback
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Law and economics are interdependent. Using a historical case analysis approach, this book demonstrates how the legal process relates to and is affected by economic circumstances.

Glen Atkinson and Stephen P. Paschall examine this co-evolution in the context of the economic development that occurred in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries as well as the impact of the law on that development. Specifically, the authors explore the development of a national market, the transformation of the corporation, and the conflict between state and federal control over businesses. Their focus on dynamic, integrated systems presents an alternative to mainstream law and economics.The authors apply John R. Commons's approach to three main law and economics issues: the changing relationship between corporations and the State, the application of the Commerce Clause and the Fourteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to state and federal regulation of business, and the relationship of antitrust law to industrialization. They provide a valuable linking of law with changing economic circumstances, such as antitrust policy changes and the development of the corporate form.

This analytical approach to the practice of law and economics will be of interest to researchers, students, and faculty in law and economics, economic history, constitutional law, economic regulation, public policy, and the sociology of law. Business students and researchers will also find value in this book's presentation of court decisions and exploration of economic development.
1. Evolutionary Method in Law and Economics
2. Causes and Consequences of the Widening of the Market: A Case of Cumulative Economic Evolution
3. The Corporate Form and the State
4. Interstate Commerce and State Regulation of Business
5. Interstate Commerce and Federal Regulation of Business
6. John R. Commons and Co-Evolution of Law and Economics
Index