Economics and Law: on the History of Interdisciplinary Research
The article examines the historical aspect of the formation and development process of interdisciplinary interaction between economy and law. The prerequisites for the emergence of this scientific research area, the works by scientists who had a key influence on the formation of the discipline and set the vector of its further development are determined. Besides that, the article focuses on the key factors that contributed to the transformation of existing and the emergence of new economic and legal directions. Periodization of this process is carried out, and the moment signaling the formation of a unified economic and legal discipline is defined. The study of the historical aspect of the interdisciplinary economic and legal interaction, including its current state, makes possible more accurate identification of the scientific boundaries of law economics and prediction of further scientific development of this discipline.