Title: Efficiency instead of justice? : searching for the philosophical foundations of the economic analysis of law /
Authors: Mathis, Klaus,; Shannon, Deborah
Publisher: Springer,
Year: 2009
Subjects: Law and economics.; Justice.; Law and ethics.; Law Philosophy
Contents: Preface to the English edition -- Preface to the 3rd German edition -- Preface to the 1st German edition -- 1. Introduction -- I. Economic foundadtions. 2. Homo economicus -- 3. Efficiency criteria -- 4. Economic analysis of law -- II. Philosophical foundations. 5. Adam Smith's moral philosophy -- 6. Jeremy Bentham's utilitarianism -- 7. John Rawls's theory of justice -- III. Wealth, efficiency and justice. 8. Richard Posner's theory of wealth maximization -- 9. Justice and efficiency -- 10. Conclusion.