The Progressive Assault on Laissez Faire

Robert Hale and the First Law and Economics Movement

Barbara H. Fried

    Preface

    Introduction

    The Empty Idea of Liberty

    The Empty Idea of Property Rights

    A Rent-Theory World

    Property Theory in Practice: Rate Regulation of Public Utilities

    Conclusion

    Notes

    Index

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Barbara H. Fried is Professor of Law at Stanford University Law School.