CALABRESI AND THE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF
LAW AND ECONOMICS

Keith N. Hylton

Boston University School of Law Working Paper 04-04

Abstract

This essay traces the vein of thought represented by Calabresi’s The Costs of Accidents, both backward in time to examine its sources, and forward to its impact on current scholarship. I focus on three broad topics: positive versus normative law and economics, positivist versus anti-positivist thinking in law; and the assumption of rationality in law and economics.

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Keith N. Hylton Contact Information

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Boston University School of Law
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