Research Handbook on Austrian Law and Economics

Research Handbooks in Law and Economics series

Edited by Todd J. Zywicki, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law, Antonin Scalia Law School, George Mason University and Peter J. Boettke, University Professor of Economics and Philosophy, George Mason University, US

The original contributions to the Research Handbook provide an introduction to the application of Austrian economics to law. The book begins with chapters on the methodology of law and economics. Further chapters discuss key concepts in Austrian economics – dynamic competitive processes, spontaneous order, subjective value, entrepreneurship, and the limited nature of individual knowledge – as they relate to topics in evolutionary law (social rules, self-governance, dispute resolution) and basic law (torts, antitrust, civil procedure, business and family law).