The Persistent Limits of Fraud Prevention in Historical Perspective

Authors

Emily Kadens

Publication Date

8-27-2023

Abstract

Fraud has been ubiquitous throughout history, and so have the methods of fraud prevention. History demonstrates that no anti-fraud measures have fully succeeded in eliminating deceptive market behavior. Instead, this Essay uses evidence from premodern England to argue that societies and individual contracting parties balance tolerating a certain amount of fraud against the costs of fraud prevention.

Recommended Citation

Emily Kadens, The Persistent Limits of Fraud Prevention in Historical Perspective, 118 Nw. U. L. Rev. 167 (2023).
https://scholarlycommons.law.northwestern.edu/nulr/vol118/iss1/6