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Encyclopedia of Law & Economics – 0520 Institutionalism

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  • Samuels, Warren J. (1974), ‘Commentary: An Economic Perspective on the Compensation Problem’, 21 Wayne Law Review , 113-134. Reprinted in Samuels, Warren J. and Schmid, A. Allen (eds.), Law and Economics: An Institutional Perspective, Boston, Nijhoff, 1981, 188-209.
  • Samuels, Warren J. (1975), ‘Approaches to Legal-Economic Policy and Related Problems of Research’, in Nagel, Stuart S. (ed.), Policy Studies and the Social Sciences , Lexington (MA), Lexington Books, 65-73.
  • Samuels, Warren J. (1976), ‘Introduction: Commons and Clark on Law and Economics’, 10 Journal of Economic Issues , 743-749.
  • Samuels, Warren J. (1978), ‘Normative Premises in Regulatory Theory’, 1 Journal of Post Keynesian Economics , 100-114. Reprinted in Samuels, Warren J. and Schmid, A. Allen (eds.), Law and Economics: An Institutional Perspective, Boston, Nijhoff, 1981, 128-142.
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