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标题：Explaining Legal Change from an Evolutionary Economics Perspective
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作者：Martina Eckardt
期刊名称：German Law Journal
电子版ISSN：2071-8322
出版年度：2008
卷号：9
期号：4
页码：437-463
DOI：10.1017/S2071832200006520
出版社：Cambridge University Press
摘要：Institutions can have a decisive impact on economic performance. The law is particularly important in shaping the institutional framework for economic activities. Legal rules can be viewed as socio-technological devices used to help individuals solve the coordination problems and conflicts that arise in an environment of scarce resources. In such an environment, the law affects both the allocation as well as the distribution of resources, and is itself influenced and altered by economic evolution. However, our understanding of the determinants and mechanisms of legal change from an economic perspective remains rather weak.