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Tullock on the common law: a loose-cannon iconoclast in action?

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    (University of Hamburg and CESifo)

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Gordon Tullock has been celebrated as an innovative thinker in many areas of public choice. He was also among the first to analyze the law based on the economic approach, yet, his contributions to Law and Economics have been met with skepticism or even outright ignorance. In this paper, I focus on Tullock’s papers dealing with the common law and argue that they contain important insights that have been ignored in the debate regarding legal origins.

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  • Stefan Voigt, 2017. "Tullock on the common law: a loose-cannon iconoclast in action?," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 28(1), pages 35-47, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:kap:copoec:v:28:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1007_s10602-016-9231-9
    DOI: 10.1007/s10602-016-9231-9
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    1. Daniel J. D’Amico, 2018. "The law and economics of sycophancy," Constitutional Political Economy, Springer, vol. 29(4), pages 424-439, December.

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    Keywords

    Law and Economics; Legal Origins; Jury; Adversary versus Inquisitorial Procedure; Arbitration;
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    • K00 - Law and Economics - - General - - - General (including Data Sources and Description)
    • K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General

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