3 Normative Law and Economics: From Utilitarianism to Pragmatism

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. I Economics
5. 1 The Law and Economics Movement: From Bentham to Becker 31
6. 2 The Speech Market 62
7. 3 Normative Law and Economics: From Utilitarianism to Pragmatism 95
8. II History
9. 4 Law’s Dependence on the Past 145
10. 5 Historicism in Legal Scholarship: Ackerman and Kahn 170
11. 6 Savigny, Holmes, and the Law and Economics of Possession 193
12. III Psychology
13. 7 Emotion in Law 225
14. 8 Behavioral Law and Economics 252
15. 9 Social Norms, with a Note on Religion 288
16. IV Epistemology
17. 10 Testimony 319
18. 11 The Principles of Evidence and the Critique of Adversarial Procedure 336
19. 12 The Rules of Evidence 380
20. V Empiricism
21. 13 Counting, Especially Citations 411
22. Acknowledgments 443
23. Index 447