Private law, distributive justice, and the double-distortion argument: a review of the literature

Leandro Martins Zanitelli

Abstract


The paper presents Kaplow and Shavell’s “double distortion argument” (DDA), as well as summarizes criticisms raised against it. According to the argument at issue, legal rules in general, including private legal rules, should aim at efficiency, leaving redistributive goals to be pursued (to the extent that pursuing those goals contradicts efficiency) exclusively through the income tax. Based on the objections against the DDA found in the existing literature, the paper describes lines of research concerning the possibilities of a redistributive private law.

Keywords


Direito Privado; Igualdade; Redistribuição; Dupla Distorção

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.5102/rbpp.v5i1.3271

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