Author : Poul F. Kjaer
Release : 2020-04-23
Genre : Law
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 114/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Law of Political Economy by : Poul F. Kjaer
Download or read book The Law of Political Economy written by Poul F. Kjaer. This book was released on 2020-04-23. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Political economy themes have - directly and indirectly - been a central concern of law and legal scholarship ever since political economy emerged as a concept in the early seventeenth century, a development which was re-inforced by the emergence of political economy as an independent area of scholarly enquiry in the eighteenth century, as developed by the French physiocrats. This is not surprising in so far as the core institutions of the economy and economic exchanges, such as property and contract, are legal institutions.In spite of this intrinsic link, political economy discourses and legal discourses dealing with political economy themes unfold in a largely separate manner. Indeed, this book is also a reflection of this, in so far as its core concern is how the law and legal scholarship conceive of and approach political economy issues"--
