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Episode: Poul Kjaer, "The Law of Political Economy: Transformation in the Function of Law" (Cambridge UP, 2020
Description: Legal and political theories are not descriptions of brute facts. Nor are they merely postulated ideals or aspirations. Theories reflect and are reflected in our social relationships … Moral and political values thus cannot and should not be discussed in isolation from the institutions and social histories that shaped them.– N.E. Simmonds cited in Raymond Wacks, Understanding Jurisprudence (2005)Considering the law as a social phenomenon intrinsic to political economy is key to engaging the work in this new volume of scholarly articles edited by Professor Poul Kjaer – The Law of Political Economy: Transformation in the Function...