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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics and the Law. Ed. by Peter Newman. New York: Stockton Press, 1998. 3 vols. $550/set (ISBN 03367667-X/set).
The sophisticated, formal appearance of these weighty, well-bound volumes is an accurate predictor of their content. In nearly four hundred signed essays, an international group of contributors examines the important concepts, people, principles, and theories that have become known as the "law and economics movement."
Although the application of economic analysis to the law and...