Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma

By Lela Melon, Carlos Gomez Liguerre, Nuno Garoupa, et al.

Book Overview

Legal Origins and the Efficiency Dilemma has six aims: explaining the efficiency hypothesis of the common law since Posner's 1972 book; summarizing the legal origins theory in the context of economic growth; debunking their relationship; discussing the meaning of "common law" and the problems with the efficiency hypothesis by comparing laws across English speaking jurisdictions; illustrating the shortcomings of the legal origins theory with a comparative law and economics analysis; and concluding there is no theory and evidence to support the economic superiority of common law systems.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138232874
• ISBN13: 9781138232877
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"