Why Be Fair When You Can Have Welfare?

D'Amato, Anthony

doi:10.2139/ssrn.428660

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Why Be Fair When You Can Have Welfare?

Anthony D'Amato

Northwestern University - School of Law

2003

Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 03-14

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The Kaplow/Shavell thesis can be simply stated: If courts or legislatures pursue any value other than general public welfare, then welfare is to that extent diminished. Justice is one of those values that detract from welfare. But so too is injustice. Hence their entire thesis is a tautology.

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Date posted: August 28, 2003

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D'Amato, Anthony, Why Be Fair When You Can Have Welfare? (2003). Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 03-14. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=428660 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.428660

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