Theoretical and legal foundations of economic analysis of law

Abstract

The paper analyzes the theoretical and legal positions of the school of economic analysis of law. This school of law certainly represents almost the most influential approach in modern legal theory. This can be seen both in recent theoretical and legal reflections in the field of tort, anti-cartel and commercial law, and in individual theoretical analyses dedicated to some of the most complex issues of family, criminal and constitutional law, i.e. the issues of human, civil and minority rights and freedoms. This paper aims to investigate and subject to critical analysis the theoretical foundations on which this teaching of law rests, while at the same time attempting to provide an assessment of them, bearing in mind the different value approach adopted by advocates of economic analysis of law in relation to the usual value approach to law in general.U radu se analiziraju teorijske i pravne pozicije škole ekonomske analize prava. Ova škola prava svakako predstavlja gotovo najuticajniji pristup u modernoj pravnoj teoriji. To se vidi kako u recentnim teorijskim i pravnim promišljanjima iz oblasti deliktnog, antikarteskog i privrednog prava, tako i u pojedinačnim teorijskim analizama posvećenim nekim od najsloženijih pitanja porodičnog, krivičnog i ustavnog prava, odnosno pitanjima ljudskih, građanskih i manjinskih prava i sloboda. Ovaj rad ima za cilj da istraži i podvrgne kritičkoj analizi teorijske osnove na kojima počiva ovo učenje prava, a istovremeno pokušava da pruži njihovu procenu, imajući u vidu različit vrednosni pristup usvojen od strane zagovornika ekonomske analize prava u odnosu na uobičajeni vrednosni pristup pravu uopšte.