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Entrepreneurs on Horseback: Reflections on the Organization of Law
50 Arizona Law Review 71-89 (2008)
  • Darian M. Ibrahim, William & Mary Law School
  • D. Gordon Smith
Abstract

“Law and entrepreneurship” is an emerging field of study. Skeptics might wonder whether law and entrepreneurship is a variant of that old canard, the Law of the Horse. In this Essay, we defend law and entrepreneurship against that charge and urge legal scholars to become even more engaged in the wide-ranging scholarly discourse regarding entrepreneurship. In making our case, we argue that research at the intersection of entrepreneurship and law is distinctive. In some instances, legal rules and practices are tailored to the entrepreneurial context, and in other instances, general rules of law find novel expression in the entrepreneurial context. As a result, studying connections between law and entrepreneurship offers unique insights about them both.

Document Type
Article
Publication Date
4-1-2008
Citation Information
Darian M. Ibrahim and D. Gordon Smith. "Entrepreneurs on Horseback: Reflections on the Organization of Law" 50 Arizona Law Review 71-89 (2008) (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/gordon_smith/25/