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jle-literature-positioning

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Use when the marginal contribution of a The Journal of Law and Economics (JLE) manuscript is fuzzy or undersold and must be staked precisely against prior law-and-economics work. Positions the contribution; it does not fix the identification (jle-identification) or the prose (jle-writing-style).

When to use

• stake marginal contribution against prior law-and-economics work
• name contribution type (answer, legal variation, institution, mechanism, measurement)
• identify three closest papers and their gaps
• state one-sentence honest delta
• position by legal source of variation
• cite foundational JLE canon without re-deriving
• distinguish JLE from sibling journals (JLS, JLEO, ALER)

When not to use

• fix the identification (jle-identification)
• fix the prose (jle-writing-style)
• re-derive foundational results like Coase or Becker
• conduct a literature tour with no stated marginal addition

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