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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
Part One of the book presents new and important observations on Smith's views on community, ethics, the court system, criminal law, and delictual or tort law liability. In this part of the book Smith's work is also examined from the perspective of his use as persuasive authority in the works of modern legal economists. In Part Two the `living Smith' is explored by way of a debate between two major contributors in the field of law and economics. The debate and its analysis create a unique and contemporary opportunity to study Smith as a foundational source in the midst of a current academic and social policy dispute.
The understanding of Adam Smith that emerges from this book is new and complex. It will challenge the one-dimensional portrayals of Smith as a promoter of self-interest and it will correct many of the misinterpretations of Smith that are currently fashionable in the worlds of law and economics and the philosophy of law.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Adam Smith and the Philosophy of Law and Economics
Editors: Robin Paul Malloy, Jerry Evensky
Series Title: Law and Philosophy Library
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-0748-8
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
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eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1995
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-2796-7Published: 30 April 1994
Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-3425-5Published: 28 February 1995
eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-0748-8Published: 06 December 2012
Series ISSN: 1572-4395
Series E-ISSN: 2215-0315
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 228
Topics: Economic Policy, Economic Theory/Quantitative Economics/Mathematical Methods, Political Science, Philosophy of Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History