Abstract

Footnotes (102)

Beta

Download | Share | Email | Add to Briefcase | Buy Hard Copy

Entrepreneurs on Horseback: Reflections on the Organization of Law

Darian M. Ibrahim
University of Wisconsin Law School

D. Gordon Smith
Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School

Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 07-24
Arizona Law Review, Vol. 50, 2008

Abstract:
Law and entrepreneurship is an emerging field of study. Skeptics might wonder whether law and entrepreneurship is a variant of that old canard, The Law of the Horse. In this essay, we defend law and entrepreneurship against that charge and urge legal scholars to become more engaged in the wide-ranging scholarly discourse regarding entrepreneurship. In making our case, we argue that research at the intersection of entrepreneurship and law is distinctive. In some instances, legal rules and practices are tailored to the entrepreneurial context, and in other instances, general rules of law find novel expression in the entrepreneurial context. As a result, the study of law and entrepreneurship yields unique insights about both law and entrepreneurship.

Keywords: Entrepreneurship, Law and Entrepreneurship, Law of the Horse

JEL Classifications: K12, K20, K22, M13

Accepted Paper Series

Date posted: November 16, 2007 ; Last revised: August 14, 2009

Suggested Citation

Ibrahim, Darian M. and Smith, D. Gordon, Entrepreneurs on Horseback: Reflections on the Organization of Law (March 1, 2008). Arizona Legal Studies Discussion Paper No. 07-24; Arizona Law Review, Vol. 50, 2008. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1030503

Export to: Export Citation What's this?

Contact Information

Gordon Smith (Contact Author) Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School ( email ) 422 JRCB Provo, UT 84602 United States 801.422.3233 (Phone) 801.422.0390 (Fax)
Darian M. Ibrahim University of Wisconsin Law School ( email ) 975 Bascom Mall Madison, WI 53706 United States