Economic Law and Economic Growth: Antitrust, Regulation, and
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Garvey, George E. / Garvey, Gerald J., PUBLISHER: Praeger Publishers, This volume provides a practical anwer to, among other question, "Whither public law after the Chicago School'?" Usong>inong>g perspectives from ong>Americaong>n history, ong>economicong> theory, an legal analysis, the Garveys take an ong>inong>terdisciplong>inong>ary approach to U.S. public law and policy--antitrust and regulation--and develop the essential unity of the two major fields based on a clearly written summary of pertong>inong>ent microong>economicong> prong>inong>ciples. They establish that ong>economicong> growth has been a primary goal of U.S. public policy throughout the nation's history. The authors provide a thorough critical survey of neopopulism and neoclassicism, the two major post-war impulses ong>inong> public ong>economicong> law. An ong>inong>novative and concrete framework for policy development and for practical ong>inong>stitutional reform aimed at improvong>inong>g U.S. ong>inong>dustrial competitiveness by improvong>inong>g the capital allocation process is presented here. The highly readable text is complemented by graphics and tables for those who may want a rigorous treatment of ong>economicong>/legal concepts. The work has been extensively annotated, especially to legal precedents and ong>economicong> texts. Law school libraries, major public libraries, libraries of law firms, federal courts and superior state courts, as well as university libraries will fong>inong>d ong>Economicong> Law and ong>Economicong> Growth a necessary addition. This is a volume that can be productively consulted by practicong>inong>g lawyers and college/university teachers ong>inong> the fields of antitrust law, regulation--both lawyers and economists, and public policy. An ong>inong>valuable addition to courses ong>inong> antitrust and admong>inong>istrative law, ong>economicong> policy, the regulatory process, ong>economicong> development/ong>inong>dustrial policy, and political ong>economicong>s.