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Book SynopsisSchroeder brings toether very different theories and provides a completely new view on law and economics. Looks at contemporary debates in legal theory through the lens of psychoanalysis and continental philosophy. Through metaphors drawn from classical mythology.
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Juno Moneta Chapter 1. Pandora's Amphora: The Eroticism of Contract and Gift Prologue: The Myth of Allgifts The Nature of Gift Gift as Potlatch The Eroticism of the Market Commodification and Relationship Epilogue: Pandora's Gift Chapter 2. Orpheus's Desire: The End of the Market Prologue: Orpheus and Eurydice, Eros and Thanatos The Desire of Economics The Perfect Market The Perfect Market as the End of the Actual Market Chapter 3. Narcissus's Death: The Calabresi-Melamed Trichotomy Prologue: Narcissus Viewing the Cathedral; Seeing the Feminine Three's a Crowd: The Calabresi and Melamed Trichotomy Six Hypotheticals Property Procedural and Substantive Critiques of the Calabresi and Melamed Trichotomy Conclusion: The Masculine Phallic Metaphor Chapter 4. The Midas Touch: The Lethal Effect of Wealth Maximization Prologue: The Golden Touch Defining Wealth The Denial of Enjoyment Lacan avec Posner Epilogue: The Ass's Ears Chapter 5. The Eumenides' Return: The Founding of Law Through the Repression of the Feminine Prologue: The Deus ex Machina The Erinyes The Law's Necessary Repression of the Feminine Epilogue: The Birth of Venus Index
