Edited by Francesco Parisi, Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, US and Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy and the late Charles K. Rowley, former General Director, The Locke Institute, Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Director, Program in Economics, Politics and the Law, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University, US

• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 1. An Intellectual History of Law and Economics: 1739–2003 Charles K. Rowley 2. Methodological Debates in Law and Economics: The Changing Contours of a Discipline Francesco Parisi3. The Fire of Truth: A Remembrance of Law and Economics at Chicago, 1932–1970 Edmund W. KitchPART II: ESSAYS BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS 4. The Economics Way of Looking at Behavior Gary S. Becker5. Cost, Choice, and Catallaxy: An Evaluation of Two Related but Divergent Virginia Paradigms James M. Buchanan6. The Pointlessness of Pareto: Carrying Coase Further Guido Calabresi7. The Relevance of Transaction Costs in the Economic Analysis of Law Ronald H. Coase8. The Confluence of Justice and Efficiency in the Economic Analysis of Law Robert D. Cooter9. Toward a Theory of Property Rights II: The Competition Between Private and Collective Ownership Harold Demsetz10. The Economist in Spite of Himself Richard A. Epstein11. The Art of Law and Economics: An Autobiographical Essay William M. Landes12. How Law and Economics was Marketed in a Hostile World: A Very Personal History Henry G. Manne13. The Law and Economics Movement: From Bentham to Becker Richard A. Posner14. The Rise of Law and Economics: A Memoir of the Early Years George L. Priest15. Why was the Common Law Efficient? Paul H. Rubin16. Law Versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct Steven Shavell17. Journeys Across the Divides Michael J. Trebilcock18. The Case Against the Common Law Gordon Tullock19. Why Law, Economics, and Organization?Oliver E. WilliamsonIndex

'This volume is very worthwhile to read for getting a much better understanding of the US origins of law and economics.'

Edited by Francesco Parisi, Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, US and Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy and the late Charles K. Rowley, former General Director, The Locke Institute, Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Director, Program in Economics, Politics and the Law, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University, US

• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 1. An Intellectual History of Law and Economics: 1739–2003 Charles K. Rowley 2. Methodological Debates in Law and Economics: The Changing Contours of a Discipline Francesco Parisi3. The Fire of Truth: A Remembrance of Law and Economics at Chicago, 1932–1970 Edmund W. KitchPART II: ESSAYS BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS 4. The Economics Way of Looking at Behavior Gary S. Becker5. Cost, Choice, and Catallaxy: An Evaluation of Two Related but Divergent Virginia Paradigms James M. Buchanan6. The Pointlessness of Pareto: Carrying Coase Further Guido Calabresi7. The Relevance of Transaction Costs in the Economic Analysis of Law Ronald H. Coase8. The Confluence of Justice and Efficiency in the Economic Analysis of Law Robert D. Cooter9. Toward a Theory of Property Rights II: The Competition Between Private and Collective Ownership Harold Demsetz10. The Economist in Spite of Himself Richard A. Epstein11. The Art of Law and Economics: An Autobiographical Essay William M. Landes12. How Law and Economics was Marketed in a Hostile World: A Very Personal History Henry G. Manne13. The Law and Economics Movement: From Bentham to Becker Richard A. Posner14. The Rise of Law and Economics: A Memoir of the Early Years George L. Priest15. Why was the Common Law Efficient? Paul H. Rubin16. Law Versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct Steven Shavell17. Journeys Across the Divides Michael J. Trebilcock18. The Case Against the Common Law Gordon Tullock19. Why Law, Economics, and Organization?Oliver E. WilliamsonIndex

'This volume is very worthwhile to read for getting a much better understanding of the US origins of law and economics.'

Edited by Francesco Parisi, Oppenheimer Wolff and Donnelly Professor of Law, University of Minnesota Law School, US and Professor of Economics, University of Bologna, Italy and the late Charles K. Rowley, former General Director, The Locke Institute, Duncan Black Professor of Economics and Director, Program in Economics, Politics and the Law, James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy, George Mason University, US

• Contents: PART I: INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS 1. An Intellectual History of Law and Economics: 1739–2003 Charles K. Rowley 2. Methodological Debates in Law and Economics: The Changing Contours of a Discipline Francesco Parisi3. The Fire of Truth: A Remembrance of Law and Economics at Chicago, 1932–1970 Edmund W. KitchPART II: ESSAYS BY THE FOUNDING FATHERS 4. The Economics Way of Looking at Behavior Gary S. Becker5. Cost, Choice, and Catallaxy: An Evaluation of Two Related but Divergent Virginia Paradigms James M. Buchanan6. The Pointlessness of Pareto: Carrying Coase Further Guido Calabresi7. The Relevance of Transaction Costs in the Economic Analysis of Law Ronald H. Coase8. The Confluence of Justice and Efficiency in the Economic Analysis of Law Robert D. Cooter9. Toward a Theory of Property Rights II: The Competition Between Private and Collective Ownership Harold Demsetz10. The Economist in Spite of Himself Richard A. Epstein11. The Art of Law and Economics: An Autobiographical Essay William M. Landes12. How Law and Economics was Marketed in a Hostile World: A Very Personal History Henry G. Manne13. The Law and Economics Movement: From Bentham to Becker Richard A. Posner14. The Rise of Law and Economics: A Memoir of the Early Years George L. Priest15. Why was the Common Law Efficient? Paul H. Rubin16. Law Versus Morality as Regulators of Conduct Steven Shavell17. Journeys Across the Divides Michael J. Trebilcock18. The Case Against the Common Law Gordon Tullock19. Why Law, Economics, and Organization?Oliver E. WilliamsonIndex

'This volume is very worthwhile to read for getting a much better understanding of the US origins of law and economics.'