The making of the french civil code: An economic interpretation

European Journal of Law and Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 193-203

  Josselin, Jean Michel ^a,c   Marciano, Alain ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE REIMS CHAMPAGNE ARDENNE   (France)

^c Institut d'Economie Publique and Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Codification; Common knowledge; Competition; Contractualism; Monopoly; Spontaneous order

Indexed keywords

EID: 50249103698     PISSN: 09291261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020724812652     Document Type: Article

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