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An Economic Analysis of Legal Rulemaking

Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 257-286, 1974

31 Pages Posted: 5 May 2008 Last revised: 19 Dec 2008

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Isaac Ehrlich

State University of New York at Buffalo - Department of Economics; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER); University of Chicago - University of Chicago Press; Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Richard A. Posner

University of Chicago Law School; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)

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Keywords: Law Economics, Rules and Discretion, Judge-Made Rule

JEL Classification: K00

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Ehrlich, Isaac and Posner, Richard A., An Economic Analysis of Legal Rulemaking. Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 257-286, 1974, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1127743

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