Behavioural Law and Economics as Litmus Test
Œconomia, 2017 This paper discusses a few meta-theoretical questions about Behavioural Law and Economics (BLE) in order to better understand both its popularity and the criticisms it has received.
Péter Cserne
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How the Behavioural Turn in Law and Economics Vindicates the New Haven School
Œconomia, 2017 This article claims that the behavioural turn in Law and Economics vindicates the approach of the pre-turn New Haven School. Available accounts of the turn offer useful methodological insights but are unconvincing, because they tend to oversimplify the ...
Fabrizio Esposito
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False Promises? A Sociological Critique of the Behavioural Turn in Law and Economics
Journal of Consumer Policy, 2011 Economic bestsellers like Freakonomics and Nudge that mainly address outsiders of the economic discipline are also consumed by lawyers. The latter has already become an important reference in the field of consumer law and policy. In principle, this is nothing to complain about but part of law’s encounter with science, namely the social sciences ...
Sabine Frerichs
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Historical Roots and Contemporary Trends in Analysis of Law from Economic Standpoint [PDF]
Social Science Chronicle, 2023 This research paper delves into the intricate realm of the economic analysis of law, traversing its historical evolution, foundational principles, key figures, global impact, and responses to criticisms.
Aisha Omar
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European Consumer Law Rationale in Light of New Challenges
Teisė, 2022 This paper reviews the origin of the EU consumer protection paradigm, its development in legal doctrine and the CJEU jurisprudence, as well as the impact left on it by the insights from vulnerable consumer theory and behavioural economics discussed in ...
Danguolė Bublienė +1 more
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The limits of laws: Traffic law enforcement in South Africa
South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences, 2020 Background: The aim of many public policies is to change behaviour. Governments tend to rely on regulations, taxes and subsidies to effect such change. These measures, which affect agents’ economic incentives, have a mixed record.
Sophia du Plessis +2 more
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Nudges y la pandemia: un análisis desde la economía y el derecho conductual. Informe SESPAS 2022
Gaceta Sanitaria, 2022 Resumen: La economía del comportamiento (que aúna economía y psicología) ofrece claves para entender las decisiones tomadas por dirigentes políticos y por la ciudadanía durante la pandemia de COVID-19 a través de los llamados sesgos cognitivos.
José María Abellán-Perpiñán +2 more
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Behavioral Law and Economics Is Not Just a Refinement of Law and Economics
Œconomia, 2017 A number of prominent advocates of applying behavioral economics to the law make the claim that behavioral law and economics is simply a refinement of traditional law and economics.
Steven M. Sheffrin
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English common law versus German <em>Systemdenken?</em><br>Internal versus external approaches
Utrecht Law Review, 2011 This article compares the 'systematic method' of continental German private law with the common law method. It starts out by discussing the characteristics of a systematic approach, its application to European private law as well as its methodological ...
Karl Riesenhuber
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What Is the 'Social' in Behavioural Economics? The Methodological Underpinnings of Governance by Nudges [PDF]
, 2018 Behavioural economics builds on psychology rather than on sociology, and on cognitive science rather than the science of culture. The same is true for new behavioural scholarship in the legal discipline, whether this is referred to as 'behavioural law ...
Frerichs, Sabine
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