O.J.'s Defense: A reductio Ad absurdum of the economics of Coase and Posner

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 265-286

  Block, Walter ^a  

^a Department of Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Coase; Murder; Posner central planning; Property rights; Rule of law; Slavery; Theft

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141648019     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00709143     Document Type: Article

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