“To adapt the classic opening line of Pride and Prejudice, it is a truth universally acknowledged that two authors in possession of a good idea must be in want of good readers. Lynne Marie Kohm and Kathleen E. Akers bring their expertise of jurisprudence and economic theory, respectively, into the fascinating worlds and refreshingly natural, comic novels of Jane Austen. Herein the authors showcase the wealth and security afforded by lives of familial bonds, moral sentiments, and virtuous sensibilities. The prudence of a good life has rarely been made as persuasively and enchantingly as in Law and Economics in Jane Austen.”

Terry Lindvall, Virginia Wesleyan University

Presents economic concepts and legal principles evidenced in Jane Austen’s writing, examining the connections between love and money in Austen’s stories. Covers the basics of economics and law using Austen’s characters. Details the law and economics of dating and the social rules of how men and women connect.

Journal of Economic Literature