Foundations of the Economic Approach to Law: Interdisciplinary Readers in Law

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Foundations of the Economic Approach to Law: Interdisciplinary Readers in Law, edited by Avery Weiner Katz. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1998. Pp. 399. $55.00 (hardcover).

Foundations of the Economic Approach to Law: Interdisciplinary Readers in Law, is designed to serve as a textbook for law students studying economic analysis. As Katz explains in the book's preface, what is most unique about his textbook is what it is not. The editor's intent was not to survey economic analyses of the major areas of law like most major textbooks, but to focus on the foundations of economic analysis. To help students gain a clearer understanding of the "normative, descriptive, and …