Oxford LibGuides: Jurisprudence: Law & economics

Economic analysis of law

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Economic Analysis of Law by Richard A. Posner
Call Number: Jurisp 510 P855a9
ISBN: 0735594422
Publication Date: (9th edn, 2014)
Posner's Economic Analysis of Law (1st ed 1973) "brought economic analysis of law to the attention of the general legal academy" (Kornhauser in The Stanford Encyclopedia)
Introduction to Law and Economics by Polinsky
Call Number: Jurisp 510 P768a4
ISBN: 0735584486
Publication Date: (4th ed., 2011)

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Law and Economics
Open access. "This is a pdf version of the ... (6th edition) of Law and Economics by Cooter and Ulen. The ownership of this book has reverted from the publisher to its authors, so [they] are posting it online for everyone freely to read or use as a textbook ...".
The Economic Analysis of Law
Open access article by L Kornhauser in The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Law and economics
Open access. Section of Article by Kenneth Einar Himma in IEP: Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Encyclopedia of Law and Economics
Open Access. Edited by Boudewijn Bouckaert (University of Ghent) and Gerrit De Geest (University of Ghent and Utrecht University)

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Socio-Legal Studies
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The Law Bod's near neighbour, the Bodleian Social Science Library, may well have resources (print and online) to help your researches in this area.