| 英文摘要 |
The application of economic methods to other social sciences is a major development in contemporary western social science. The theory of public choice is a new star in this theoretical trend. This theory carried out the rational man hypothesis and the individualist methodology in the process of political and legal operation, and updated the research conclusions. As one of the two theoretical branches of public choice theory, interest group theory is closely related to legal research. It had been applied to many legal issues and provided a theoretical key for us to further understand the logic of law making and operation. In the process of development of the cross-over study, as a new and specific research tool, the transaction model of legislation particularly concerned about the relationship between supply and demand of legislation and the behavioral logic of both supply and demand, and laid a foundation for us to understand and explain the legal system from the perspective of public choice. This approach means a new kind of social research of law, which is different from with the sociology of law, and also different from with the traditional economics of law. Chinese scholars need enough theoretical consciousness to focus on the methodological significance of public choice theory, find the rational actors in the local legal practice, and use methodological individualism to establish causal explanations. |
