Chapter 1. Introduction -- Part 1. Foundations -- Chapter 2. What is legal reasoning about: a jurisprudential account -- Chapter 3. Economic approaches to legal reasoning: an overview -- Part 2. Economics and Legal Interpretations -- Chapter 4. Economics in judicial decision-making: four types...

This Palgrave Pivot is the first book in the field of Law & Economics looking at the relationship between economics and law in legal reasoning. The book constitutes a reference point for the economic analysis of legal institutions, as legal reasoning remains the dimension of legal systems least...