K Law and Economics

摘要

Sixteen papers, some originally presented at an international workshop held at the University of Bremen in October 2007, explore engagements between law and economics and consider new institutional economics from the perspectives of legal and evolutionary theory. Papers discuss the European Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and modern economic growth; the unbearable lightness of A-useful knowledge and economic growth; the Law Merchant story; path dependence-a foundational concept for historical social science; system and evolution in corporate governance; constitutional possibility and constitutional evolution; the expressive power of adjudication in an evolutionary context; forces shaping the evolution of private legal systems;