Deconstructing the New Efficiency Rationale

Cornell Law Review, Vol. 86, No. 6

Posted: 27 Feb 2001

See all articles by Chris William Sanchirico

Chris William Sanchirico

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School; University of Pennsylvania Wharton School - Business Economics and Public Policy Department

Date Written: January 2001

Abstract

One of the most important developments in Law and Economics over the last decade has been the emergence and rapid acceptance of a new type of justification for the field's long-time practice of evaluating legal rules solely on the basis of the efficiency criterion. This article sets out to deconstruct these new arguments. It contends that these arguments are alternatively logically flawed or reliant on untenable assumptions. It concludes that Law and Economics' exclusive focus on efficiency continues to lack justification even within the limited purview of modern economic reasoning.

Suggested Citation

Sanchirico, Chris William, Deconstructing the New Efficiency Rationale (January 2001). Cornell Law Review, Vol. 86, No. 6, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=261691

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