This book has been a long time in process. It was apparent to most observers some years ago that economic analysis of law had matured. Law and economics scholars produced a multitude of papers that found their way into existing and newly begun journals. Readers or edited volumes appeared in various areas of the law such as torts, contracts, antitrust administrative law, and corporate law.

这本书创作了很长时间。主要是针对公司破产时经济法律视角。几年前，对大多数观察家来说，对法律的经济分析已经成熟。法律和经济学的学者们发表了大量的论文，这些论文在现有的和新创办的期刊上找到了出路。读者或编辑的书籍出现在法律的各个领域，如侵权行为、合同、反垄断行政法和公司法。