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Something To Read, Austrian Style


has latterly received an interesting majority from Cheltenham-based publishers Edward Elgar. Edited yesteryear Dina Kallay, it's called The Law too Economics of Antitrust too Intellectual Property: an Austrian Approach (contents here). H5N1 revised version of the author's SJD grade thesis at the University of Michigan Law School, this majority makes for some pretty cerebral reading.

has long believed that intellectual belongings too antitrust are the 2 poles betwixt which contest policy oscillates. IP constabulary creates monopolies too enhances marketplace domination, piece antitrust constabulary destroys monopolies too prevents or regulates the extent to which marketplace domination may endure achieved. Both must endure understood if either trunk of constabulary is to endure effective. Many practising lawyers believe that that the repose betwixt the 2 tin endure achieved on an empirical basis, simply economists prefer to ready their interrelationship inside a meaningful theoretical framework. That this majority reads (to this lawyer) similar a operate of economic science should non endure taken every bit a criticism of it, simply rather every bit an admission that it demands a greater grade of theoretical appreciation of economic science than most lawyers possess. However, lawyer must beak to economist if at that topographic point is to endure whatever meaningful dialogue betwixt the reasons for command too the way of achieving it -- too this majority sure aids that dialogue.

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