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The Economics of Constitutional Law and Public Choice (American Casebook Series)
The Economics of Constitutional Law and Public Choice - American Casebook Series Author:David W. Barnes, Lynn A. Stout Examines the economic justifications for a coercive state; the economic and distributional implications of using legislative voting to make collective decisions; and the economic logic of constitutional devices such as separation of powers, an independent judiciary, and special protections for the political and property rights of individuals and... more » oppressed classes. The analysis of constitutional law highlights the distribution of power among society's members and the distribution implications of alternative mechanism for institutionalizing state coercion.« less