The American Illness

Essays on the Rule of Law

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Business, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Economic Policy
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Author: ISBN: 9780300195071
Publisher: Yale University Press Publication: May 28, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780300195071
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication: May 28, 2013
Imprint: Yale University Press
Language: English
This provocative book brings together twenty-plus contributors from the fields of law, economics, and international relations to look at whether the U.S. legal system is contributing to the country’s long postwar decline. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions between economics and the law—in such areas as corruption, business regulation, and federalism—and explains how our system works differently from the one in most countries, with contradictory and hard to understand business regulations, tort laws that vary from state to state, and surprising judicial interpretations of clearly written contracts. This imposes far heavier litigation costs on American companies and hampers economic growth.
This provocative book brings together twenty-plus contributors from the fields of law, economics, and international relations to look at whether the U.S. legal system is contributing to the country’s long postwar decline. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the interactions between economics and the law—in such areas as corruption, business regulation, and federalism—and explains how our system works differently from the one in most countries, with contradictory and hard to understand business regulations, tort laws that vary from state to state, and surprising judicial interpretations of clearly written contracts. This imposes far heavier litigation costs on American companies and hampers economic growth.

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