| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
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| Title Information: |
prospects and limits of an economic approach |
| Author: |
CserneP歋ter., |
| Place of Publication: |
New York, NY |
| Published: |
Palgrave Macmillan; |
| Year of Publication: |
2012 |
| Description: |
1 online resource. |
| Series: |
Perspectives from social economics |
| Subject: |
Paternalism. - |
| Subject: |
Paternalism - Social aspects. - |
| Subject: |
Liberty of contract. - |
| Subject: |
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / Single Parent - |
| Online resource: |
http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9781137000323 |
| Summary: |
Atheoretical discussion and internal critique of mainstream law and economics scholarship, especially as it approaches the issue of paternalism. Cserne discusses how, and to what extent, economic analysis can explain and/or justify the limitations on freedom of contract, with special emphasis on paternalism. |
| ISBN: |
9781137000323electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1137000325electronic bk. |
| Content Note: |
Preface Introduction: motives and methods Paternalism in philosophy : conceptions and justifications Paternalism in economics : redefinitions and the behavioral turn Paternalism in practice : public policy and legal design Paternalism in contract law : rationalization and critique Conclusion: old and new in "new paternalism" Bibliography Notes Index. |