Law and Economics Special Report — Proceeding Fair and Justice from Efficiency

Law and Economics Special Report — Proceeding Fair and Justice from Efficiency

 

Title
Law and Economics Special Report — Proceeding Fair and Justice from Efficiency
Author
San-Yuan Lin
Keywords
economic analysis of law, law and economics, Coase theorem, self-interest, rationality, behavioral economics
Abstract
Economic analysis of law (or law and economics) has been deemed as one
of the most important methodologies for legal study since 1960. However, law
and economics are different subjects which focus on specific areas individually. It
would be an interesting and complicated issue to explore the relationship between
law and economics. In order to keep the main points of law and economics, a
lawyer should understand the history and basic theories of this subject. In this
special report, I would like to bring the brief history of law and economics and
the most important assumptions of economics that are rationality, self-interest and
the Coass theorem. In addition, I will introduce some critics, so called behavioral
economics, which may back up law and economics, but are not satisfied with the
“unreal” assumptions of economics. Those critics borrow some behavior theories
from psychology and sociology to amend the model of human behavior been set
up by economics. After unfold the broad outline of economic analysis of law and
some critics, we may reconsider the future of law and economics by pursuing not
only a new model for legal study but also an efficient justice system.
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