The debate on the scientific status of law & economics

European Economic Review

Volumn 40, Issue 3-5, 1996, Pages 999-1006

  De Geest, Gerrit ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Instrumentalism; Law economics; Plausibility; Popper; Scientific value

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043128467     PISSN: 00142921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0014-2921(95)00108-5     Document Type: Article

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