Book Reviews

2016 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 600-601

Eric Posner of University of Chicago Law School reviews “The Future of Law and Economics: Essays in Reform and Recollection,” by Guido Calabresi. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “Distinguishes between law and economics, exemplified by John Stuart Mill, and economic analysis of law, exemplified by Jeremy Bentham, in order to consider the meaning of merit goods, the perdurance and proper analysis of altruism and of not-for-profit institutions, the use of the liability rule, and what economics says about the validity and the shaping of tastes and values. Discusses law and economics and the economic analysis of law—the role of the lawyer; merit goods — commodification and commandification; merit goods and inequality; merit goods generally — specific applications and concluding thoughts; altruism, beneficence, and not-for-profit institutions; the relationship of markets and command in the liability role; how tastes and values are ignored; and tastes and values — what economics can tell us about them. Calabresi is a senior judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and Sterling Professor Emeritus at Yale Law School.”

Teisė ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 83 ◽  
pp. 220-233
Author(s):  
Donatas Murauskas

Straipsnyje yra pateikiamos Lietuvoje plačiai neanalizuotos ekonominės teisės analizės paradigmos ištakos ir pirmieji žingsniai. Konstatuojamas lemiamas utilitarizmo vaidmuo besiformuojančiai paradigmai. Pateikiamos ekonominei teisės analizei susiformuoti aktualios teisės mąstytojų įžvalgos. Taip pat analizuojami svarbesni paradigmos susikūrimo žingsniai nuo nesėkmingo pirmojo etapo XIX a. – XX a. pr. iki revoliucinių darbų XX a. vid., kai Čikagos teisės mokykloje aktyvūs ginčai dėl konkurencijos teisės turinio tapo atskaitos tašku ekonominiu mąstymu pagrįstoms idėjoms iš konkurencijos teisės plisti ir į kitas teisės sritis. The article provides insights on origins and first steps of the foundation of Economic Analysis of Law – paradigm which has not been observed sufficiently in Lithuanian legal doctrine. Crucial role of utiliarianism in the emerging paradigm is stated. Other fundamental ideas towards relation between law and economics of classic scholars are provided. More important steps of the foundation of the paradigm are discussed: from the failure of institutionalism movement (first period from nineteenth century to the twentieth century) to the revolutionary works of Chicago Law School and other scholars of a second wave (twentieth century).


2014 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 866-867

Presents a unified theory of judicial decision making in the American legal system based on a labor market model. Discusses a realistic theory of judicial behavior; the previous empirical literature; the Supreme Court; the courts of appeals; the district courts and the selection effect; dissents and dissent aversion; the questioning of lawyers at oral argument; and the auditioners. Epstein is Provost Professor of Law and Political Science and Rader Family Trustee Chair in Law at the University of Southern California. Landes is Clifton R. Musser Professor Emeritus of Law and Economics at the University of Chicago Law School. Posner is Circuit Judge with the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and Senior Lecturer at the University of Chicago Law School.


1986 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 55-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. A. Swanson ◽  
John C. Gardner

This research documents the emergence of accounting procedures and concepts in a centrally controlled not-for-profit organization during a period of change and consolidation. The evolution of accounting as prescribed by the General Canons is identified and its implementation throughout the church conferences is examined.


Author(s):  
Eyal Zamir ◽  
Doron Teichman

In the past few decades, economic analysis of law has been challenged by a growing body of experimental and empirical studies that attest to prevalent and systematic deviations from the assumptions of economic rationality. While the findings on bounded rationality and heuristics and biases were initially perceived as antithetical to standard economic and legal-economic analysis, over time they have been largely integrated into mainstream economic analysis, including economic analysis of law. Moreover, the impact of behavioral insights has long since transcended purely economic analysis of law: in recent years, the behavioral movement has become one of the most influential developments in legal scholarship in general. Behavioral Law and Economics offers a state-of-the-art overview of the field. The book surveys the entire body of psychological research underpinning behavioral analysis of law, and critically evaluates the core methodological questions of this area of research. The book then discusses the fundamental normative questions stemming from the psychological findings on bounded rationality, and explores their implications for establishing the aims of legislation, and the means of attaining them. This is followed by a systematic and critical examination of the contributions of behavioral studies to all major fields of law—property, contracts, consumer protection, torts, corporate, securities regulation, antitrust, administrative, constitutional, international, criminal, and evidence law—as well as to the behavior of key players in the legal arena: litigants and judicial decision-makers.


2007 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 832-840 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lor Siv-Lee ◽  
Linda Morgan

Purpose This paper describes the implementation of wireless “intelligent” pump intravenous (IV) infusion technology in a not-for-profit academic, multicampus hospital system in the United States. Methods The process of implementing a novel infusion system in a multicampus health care institution (main campus plus three satellite campuses) is described. Details are provided regarding the timelines involved, the process for the development of the drug libraries, and the initial implementation within and across campuses. Results In early 2004, with the end of the device purchase contract period nearing, a multidisciplinary committee evaluated potential IV infusion pumps for hospital use. In April 2004, the committee selected the Plum A+ infusion system with Hospira MedNet software and wireless capabilities (Hospira Inc., Lake Forest, IL). Implementation of the single-channel IV infusion system took place July through October 2005 following installation of the wireless infrastructure throughout the multicampus facility. Implementation occurred in July, one campus at a time; the three smaller satellite campuses went “live” before the main campus. Implementation of the triple-channel IV infusion system took place in March 2006 when the wireless infrastructure was completed and fully functional throughout the campuses, software was upgraded, and drug library revisions were completed and uploaded. Conclusion “Intelligent” pump technology provided a framework to standardize drug concentrations used in the intensive care units. Implementation occurred transparently without any compromise of patient care. Many lessons were learned during implementation that explained the initial suboptimal compliance with safety software use. In response, the committee developed strategies to increase software utilization rates, which resulted in improved acceptance by nursing staff and steadily improving compliance rates. Wireless technology has supported remote device management, prospective monitoring, the avoidance of medication error, and the timely education of health care professionals regarding potential medication errors.


Global Jurist ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Guido Calabresi

Abstract This is the first chapter of The Future of Law and Economics: Essays in Reform and Recollection by Guido Calabresi, first published by Yale University Press in 2016.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roy Guharoy ◽  
Mohamad G. Fakih ◽  
Jeffrey Seggerman ◽  
Karen Smethers ◽  
Ann Hendrich

2019 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-118 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan C Clift

In the context of social welfare austerity and non-state actors’ interventions into social life, an urban not-for-profit organization in the United States, Back on My Feet, uses the practice of running to engage those recovering from homelessness. Promoting messages of self-sufficiency, the organization centralizes the body as a site of investment and transformation. Doing so calls to the fore the social construction of ‘the homeless body’ and ‘the running body’. Within this ethnographic inquiry, participants in recovery who ran with the organization constructed moralized senses of self in relation to volunteers, organizers, and those who do not run, while in recovery. Their experiences compel consideration of how bodily constructions and practices reproduce morally underpinned, self-oriented associations with homeless and neoliberal discourses that obfuscate systemic causes of homelessness, pose challenges for well-intentioned voluntary or development organizations, and service the relief of the state from social responsibility.


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