Calabresi and the Intellectual History of Law and Economics

Keith N. Hylton
2004 Social Science Research Network  
This Essay traces the vein of thought represented by Calabresi's The Costs of Accidents, both backward in time to examine its sources, and forward to its impact on current scholarship. Ifocus on three broad topics: positive versus normative law and economics, positivist versus anti-positivist thinking in law, and the assumption of rationality in law and economics.
doi:10.2139/ssrn.547082 fatcat:grvkr6xg2jgdbpeb6kxdv5khx4