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Law, Informal Rules and Economic Performance: The Case for Common Law
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`. . . a well written, easily read book which casts light on many aspects of law and on questions which are or should be debated in our law schools. . . well laid out and presented. . . Its subject matter makes it essential reading for all those studying comparative law and of course law and economics and even for those studying legislation. It would be more than useful for those engaged in property law, the law of contract and administrative and public law. In ot… More >>
Law, Informal Rules and Economic Performance: The Case for Common Law
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Seeking Civility: Common Courtesy and the Common Law
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Road rage threatens mental health and physical safety. People use cell phones in public places with blithe indifference for the tranquillity of others. Smokers, while fewer in numbers, still have a defiant look about them when they light up outside office buildings and are not especially careful where they blow their smoke. In these and similar incidents involving a lack of common courtesy or respect, individuals often turn to the legal system to resolve personal di… More >>
Seeking Civility: Common Courtesy and the Common Law
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A Common Law for the Age of Statutes
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Calabresi, Guido. A Common Law for the Age of Statutes. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1982. xi, 319 pp. Reprinted 2000 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. LCCN 99-44889. ISBN 1-58477-040-6. Cloth. $85. Calabresi complains that we are “choking on statutes” and proposes a restoration of the courts to their common law function. From a series of lectures given by Calabresi as part of The Oliver Wendell Holmes Lectures delivered at Harvard Law School in March 1977…. More >>
A Common Law for the Age of Statutes
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