Legal Institutionalism: Capitalism & the Constitutive Role of Law
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Institutions; law; capitalism; theory of the firm; property rights;All these keywords.
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- B4 - Schools of Economic Thought and Methodology - - Economic Methodology
- K22 - Law and Economics - - Regulation and Business Law - - - Business and Securities Law
- K40 - Law and Economics - - Legal Procedure, the Legal System, and Illegal Behavior - - - General
- P1 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies
- P5 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Comparative Economic Systems
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