Program
in Economics and the Law
Director, Charles K Rowley
Deputy Director, Francesco
Parisi
Program in Economics and the Law
The law and economics movement represents
the most significant methodological innovation within legal scholarship
during the second half of the twentieth century. The innovation started
at the University of Chicago and the early dominance of the Chicago School
has left the movement with an unmistakable methodological emphasis. Other
schools of thought, however, have played an important role in the development
of the movement, notably the Virginia School where early contributions
by Gordon Tullock, Henry Manne and James M. Buchanan have left important
marks.
The Program in Economics and the Law in
the James M. Buchanan Center for Political Economy builds on the legacy
of the law and economics tradition at George Mason University. Under the
joint direction of Professors Charles K. Rowley and Francesco Parisi,
the Program is designed to enhance the understanding of the economic nature
of law and the economic consequences of legal rules. It is also designed
to bring to bear the insights of public choice and constitutional political
economy to aid understanding of the manner in which laws and legal rules
emerge and are shaped in practice.
The Program in Economics and the
Law organizes public lectures, advanced workshops and colloquia and serves
as a fulcrum for research and publishing initiatives in law and economics,
drawing for these purposes not only on resources located at George Mason
University but also upon the resources of the law and economics movement
world-wide.
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