However, some barriers remain. This section will demonstrate the ways in which each anthology addresses two traditional critiques of law and economics. It will also suggest how future editions can further strengthen the implicit critiques. In many instances, such an indictment merely indicts legal academics as a whole. Following this line of the criticism, there is no universal human separate from individual human beings.
All theories are subject to the problem of abstraction.
Professor Katz's book succeeds in rehabilitating law and economics from this criticism. The book edited by Professors Dau-Schmidt and Ulen is less successful. Although the latter provides more illustrations of how economics applies to actual legal issues, the former is more conscious of law and economics methodologically. As a result, Katz illustrates the heterogeneity of law and economics and the range of perspectives represented through its common method. Both volumes could benefit from the addition of historical materials on the development of law and economics and its relationship to law-making.