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Sources of Law and the Institutional Design of Lawmaking

Francesco Parisi
University of Minnesota - Law School



Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, Vol. 19, Nos. 2-3, 2001, pp. 95-122
George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 00-42

Abstract:     
This paper considers the relative advantages and the respective limits of three main sources of law, namely, (a) legislation; (b) judge-made law; and (c) customary law. The traditional presentation of sources of law is revisited, considering the important issue of institutional design of lawmaking through the lens of public choice theory. This functionalist approach to legal analysis sheds new light on the process of law formation, emphasizing various criteria of evaluation, which include: (i) the minimization of agency problems; (ii) the minimization of direct and external rulemaking costs; and (iii) the stability and transitivity of collective outcomes.

JEL Classifications: K100

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Date posted: November 29, 2000 ; Last revised: April 25, 2006

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Parisi, Francesco , Sources of Law and the Institutional Design of Lawmaking. Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice, Vol. 19, Nos. 2-3, 2001, pp. 95-122; George Mason Law & Economics Research Paper No. 00-42. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=250971 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.250971


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Francesco Parisi (Contact Author)
University of Minnesota - Law School ( email )
229 19th Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN 55455
United States
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