Legal Origin Theory

Authors

Simon Deakin, University of CambridgeFollow
Katharina Pistor, Columbia Law SchoolFollow

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Publication Date

2012

DOI

https://doi.org/10.4337/9781784714338

Description

In this volume, Professor Deakin and Professor Pistor include those key articles which highlight the major contributions to, but also the inherent limits of, the legal origin literature. They consider the merits of this approach in the context of three fields of inquiry: the study of comparative law; the analysis of the relation between law and markets; and the understanding of the role of legal systems in social ordering.

In their thought-provoking new introduction, the editors discuss the modifications to the original legal origin hypothesis over time and point the way for the future development of this influential, yet controversial, theory.

Disciplines

Law | Legal History

ISBN

9780857939098

Publisher

Edward Elgar Publishing

City

Northampton, MA

Reviews

“Legal Origin Theory is a very useful collection for anyone trying to get to rips with the legal origin theory debate, which is still of course on-going as no final arguments have yet been presented. The editors’ introduction is very useful…”
—Jaakko Husa, Comparative Legal History

Comments

Also available as an eBook.

Recommended Citation

Deakin, Simon and Pistor, Katharina, "Legal Origin Theory" (2012). Faculty Books. 156.
https://scholarship.law.columbia.edu/books/156