law and economics movement

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intellectual movement interdisciplinary field legal theory approach

The law and economics movement is an intellectual approach to legal theory that applies economic principles and methods—especially those associated with the Chicago School—to analyze and shape laws, legal institutions, and judicial decisions.

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Label	Occurrences
law and economics movement canonical	4
Chicago school of law and economics	2

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Target entity: law and economics movement
Context triple: [Chicago School economics, influenced, law and economics movement]

A. Columbia Business Law Review
Columbia Business Law Review is a leading student-edited journal focusing on corporate and business law, published by Columbia Law School.
B. Law, Legislation and Liberty
Law, Legislation and Liberty is a three-volume work by economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek that develops his theory of a liberal constitutional order grounded in the rule of law and spontaneous market processes.
C. Harvard Negotiation Law Review
Harvard Negotiation Law Review is a student-edited legal journal at Harvard Law School focusing on scholarship in negotiation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution.
D. Rutgers Business Law Review
Rutgers Business Law Review is a scholarly journal focused on business and corporate law, published by Rutgers Law School.
E. Government and Binding Theory
Government and Binding Theory is a highly influential generative grammar framework developed by Noam Chomsky in the 1980s that analyzes sentence structure through interacting modules such as government, binding, and case theory.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: law and economics movement
Target entity description: The law and economics movement is an intellectual approach to legal theory that applies economic principles and methods—especially those associated with the Chicago School—to analyze and shape laws, legal institutions, and judicial decisions.

A. Columbia Business Law Review
Columbia Business Law Review is a leading student-edited journal focusing on corporate and business law, published by Columbia Law School.
B. Law, Legislation and Liberty
Law, Legislation and Liberty is a three-volume work by economist and philosopher Friedrich Hayek that develops his theory of a liberal constitutional order grounded in the rule of law and spontaneous market processes.
C. Harvard Negotiation Law Review
Harvard Negotiation Law Review is a student-edited legal journal at Harvard Law School focusing on scholarship in negotiation, mediation, and alternative dispute resolution.
D. Rutgers Business Law Review
Rutgers Business Law Review is a scholarly journal focused on business and corporate law, published by Rutgers Law School.
E. Government and Binding Theory
Government and Binding Theory is a highly influential generative grammar framework developed by Noam Chomsky in the 1980s that analyzes sentence structure through interacting modules such as government, binding, and case theory.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (55)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intellectual movement ⓘ interdisciplinary field ⓘ legal theory approach ⓘ
aimsTo	predict effects of legal rules on behavior ⓘ provide positive and normative analysis of law ⓘ shape legal rules to promote efficiency ⓘ
appliesDiscipline	economics ⓘ microeconomics ⓘ price theory ⓘ welfare economics ⓘ
associatedWithSchool	Chicago School of economics ⓘ linked to: Chicago School economics
coreConcept	Kaldor-Hicks efficiency ⓘ linked to: Hicks–Kaldor compensation criterion Pareto efficiency ⓘ deterrence ⓘ externalities ⓘ incentives ⓘ rational choice ⓘ transaction costs ⓘ wealth maximization ⓘ
criticizedFor	emphasis on efficiency over fairness ⓘ neglect of distributional concerns ⓘ strong rationality assumptions ⓘ
emergedInPeriod	mid-20th century ⓘ
fieldOfStudy	law and economics ⓘ
focusesOn	antitrust law ⓘ contract law ⓘ corporate law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ judicial decisions ⓘ legal institutions ⓘ legal rules ⓘ liability rules ⓘ property rights ⓘ regulation ⓘ tort law ⓘ
gainedProminenceIn	1970s ⓘ 1980s ⓘ
hasSubfield	behavioral law and economics ⓘ linked to: behavioral economics new institutional economics and law ⓘ
influencedBy	Gary Becker ⓘ George Stigler ⓘ Richard Posner ⓘ linked to: Judge Richard Posner Ronald Coase ⓘ
influencedByWork	Economic Analysis of Law ⓘ The Problem of Social Cost ⓘ linked to: Coase theorem
institutionalBase	University of Chicago Department of Economics ⓘ University of Chicago Law School ⓘ
relatedTo	economic analysis of public law ⓘ law and society movement ⓘ public choice theory ⓘ
usesMethod	cost-benefit analysis ⓘ economic analysis ⓘ efficiency analysis ⓘ empirical methods ⓘ game theory ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago School economics → influenced → law and economics movement ⓘ

Richard Posner → partOf → Chicago school of law and economics ⓘ

subject linked to: Judge Richard Posner

linked to: law and economics movement

Coase theorem → influenced → law and economics movement ⓘ

Ronald Coase → influenced → law and economics movement ⓘ

Roberta Romano → influencedBy → law and economics movement ⓘ

Skepticism and Freedom: A Modern Case for Classical Liberalism → connectedTo → Chicago school of law and economics ⓘ