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
Spring 2008
Publication Information
50 Arizona Law Review 71-89 (2008)
Repository Citation
Ibrahim, Darian M. and Smith, D. Gordon, "Entrepreneurs on Horseback: Reflections on the Organization of Law" (2008). Faculty Publications. 1683.
https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/facpubs/1683
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Business Organizations Law Commons, Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations Commons