Browsing University of Hertfordshire by Author "Deakin, Simon"

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    • A Further Reply to Jean-Philippe Robé on the Firm 

      Deakin, Simon; Gindis, David; Hodgson, Geoffrey (2022-07-02)
      Despite agreement on many points, including our shared insistence that 'corporation' and 'firm' are different concepts, Jean-Philippe Robé still maintains that they are mutually exclusive: no corporation is a firm, and no ...

    • Legal Institutionalism : Capitalism and the Constitutive Role of Law 

      Deakin, Simon; Gindis, David; Hodgson, G.M.; Huang, Kainan; Pistor, Katharina (2017-02-01)
      Social scientists have paid insufficient attention to the role of law in constituting the economic institutions of capitalism. Part of this neglect emanates for inadequate conceptions of the nature of law itself. Spontaneous ...

    • What is a Firm? A Reply to Jean-Philippe Robé 

      Deakin, Simon; Gindis, David; Hodgson, Geoffrey (2021-10-19)
      In his recent book on 'Property, Power and Politics', Jean-Philippe Robé makes a strong case for the need to understand the legal foundations of modern capitalism. He also insists that it is important to distinguish between ...