Re: Law & Economics

[jwalker <jwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Guillermo,

My sympathies to you concerning your struggles with the Law and Economics
movement! I'm in philosophy, and I have to deal with these people on a
regular basis. Not pleasant, because those in this ill-defined camp take
occasionally useful models of human behavior (like game theory) and
elevate them into great universal truths.

There's plenty of ammunition to use against these guys. But you'll have
to be more specific about the points being made before list members will
be able to help you. I'm sure if we can help you against the Chicago
gang, we will!

A word of general advice: search out his assumptions (often unstated) and
question them... Good luck!

John D. Walker
jwalker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx




On Wed, 2 Aug 1995, Guillermo Cruces wrote:

> I am beginning the second term (2nd year, Economics) and I had a really
> bad experience called Law & Economics. :< (or wathever is the sign
> for feeling sick).
> I just couldn't beleive what this Chicago Boy (my professor) was saying.
> He is a PhD from Chicago (or Illinois-Urbana Champain/ideology is the
> same).
> He said things like:
> "Oh, nobody wanted to listen to Becker, Coase and Calabresi in the 50's.
> You are just like those guys. You will like it".
> "Microeconomics is a way of thinking"
> ...
> I would need some elements to "attack" his theories: alternative bibliography,
> comments, suggestions,... everything is welcome.
> It will be hard to follow him:
> Left-wing of the class (let's say me) and Right-wing didn't like his
> arguments.
> The Right guys, horrible typical-south-american-catholic-pseudo-fascist,
> didn't like it because they felt he was considering Man like having no
> moral rules and beliefs.
> I didn't like it because of everything.
> But I will have to suffer him for the next four months.
> Is there any marxist critic to modern theories of Law&Economics?
> Or may be people in the list don't find those theories completely
> wrong, who knows?
> Bye!
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>                                        Guillermo Cruces
>                                     Buenos Aires-Argentina
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