How Law and Economics Was Marketed in a Hostile World: The Institutionalization of the Field in the United States from the Immediate Post-War Period to the Reagan Years

Thierry Kirat and Frédéric Marty

No 2021-03, GREDEG Working Papers from Groupe de REcherche en Droit, Economie, Gestion (GREDEG CNRS), Université Côte d'Azur, France

Abstract: This article discusses the institutionalization of the field of Law and Economics in the United States from the post-war period to the Reagan administration. It emphasizes the role of pro-market corporate foundations in the development of Law and Economics. It analyses individual and collective trajectories, including research projects, training programs led with judges, as well as leading academics contributions and judicial and administrative careers. It ultimately focuses on the impact of this institutionalization on judging methods.

Keywords: Law and Economics; Foundations; Antitrust; Conservatism (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: B21 B31 K21 N42 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 28 pages
Date: 2021-03
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