Law and Economics by Riaz Tejani - 9781032396590

Law and EconomicsNew Trajectories in Law\nAuthor(s): Riaz Tejani\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032396590, 978-1032396590\nSynopsis\nThis book examines the contemporary significance of the Law and Economics movement.\n\nDrawing on anthropology, sociology, political economy, and ethics, the book traces the influence of lawyer-economists in developing and operationalizing key ideasfor instance human capital and structural adjustmentthat have come to be grouped under the heading of neoliberalism. It then examines how these ideas are tied to global environmental harm and to wealth inequality. Largely because of such ties, sociolegal studies tend to dismiss economic thought. This book, however, forges a path between economic and sociolegal approaches. Discussing thinkers such as Foucault and Polanyi, Calabresi and Sunstein, it demonstrates both the possibilities and limitations inherent in economistic approaches to .