Americans are losing the freedom to make sense of daily choices - teachers can't maintain order in the classroom, and managers are trained to avoid candour. This book describes the historical and cultural forces that led to this mess. It argues that it is necessary to rebuild boundaries of law that affirmatively protect an open field of freedom.

Focuses on the ways in which law shapes and manifests itself in the institutions and interactions of human society, while inviting the reader into conversations that introduce the field's dominant themes and disagreements. This title shows how scholars in the discipline are collectively engaged in a subversive expose of law's public mythology.

Offering readers with a description of the contours of each school, this book illuminates the fundamental insights of a field with important implications not only for economics and the law, but also for political science, philosophy, public administration, and sociology.

Should virtual worlds be fully integrated into our real-world legal system or should they be treated as separate jurisdictions with their own forms of dispute resolution? What rules should govern virtual communities? This work considers such questions. It contains essays that explore the emergence of law in multiplayer online games.