https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/5.aspxenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP2 (Build: 40407.4157)https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/362376.aspxSat, 04 Sep 2010 18:00:32 GMT944abf2b-d1be-4bf2-990d-438cb0e377e9:362376Prateek Sanjay0https://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/thread/362376.aspxhttps://archive.freecapitalists.org:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=5&PostID=362376<p>From the perspective of most&nbsp;economists, what incentives and constraints created the development of law across human civilization?</p> <p>Under what incentives and constraints were property laws defined and refined across time?</p> <p>How was it that human civilization created such clear and detailed property laws and contract laws&nbsp;across centuries despite ruling&nbsp;despots who&#39;d presumably have the least interest in seeing laws that they couldn&#39;t abridge for their own interests?</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>