Buec 427 The Economic Analysis of Law

Course Outline

Readings:


Ackerlof, Yellen, and Katz An Analysis of Out of Wedlock Births
Alchian  "Evolution, Uncertainty, and Economic Theory''
Allen Same Sex Marriage
Allen Child Support Guidelines
Allen Textbook readings
Allen What Does She See In Him?
Allen The institutional economics of Marriage: A Reinterpretation of Margaret Brinig’s Contribution to Family Law
Allen, "Transaction Costs"
Allen Who Should Be Allowed Into the Marriage Franchise
Botticini and Siow Why Doweries
Borenstein and Courant How to Carve a Medical Degree
Brooks "Liability and Organizational Choice"
Bouckaert Original Assignment of Private Property
Casari Emergence of Endogenous legal institutions.
Calabresi Pointlessness of Pareto
Craswell, Contract Law: General Theories
Cohen The Unnatural Family and Women's Work
Curry and Mongrain Morality
Chisholm  Profit-Sharing Versus Fixed-Payment Contracts: Evidence From the Motion Pictures Industry
Demsetz  "The Problem of Social Cost: What Problem?"
Edlund The Role of Paternity Presumption
Friedman, Criminal Law
Friedman, The Economics of Contract
Geddes and Lueck "The Gains from Self Ownership and the Expansion of Women's Rights"
Jacobs, "The Monkey's Paw"
La Porta et al. The Economic Consequences of Legal Origins
Leeson Harsh Mistress
Lott Global Mass Public Shootings
Lott and Landes Mass Public Shootings
Lott and Landes, "Muliple Victim Public Shootings, Bombings, and Right to Carry Concealsed Handgun Laws"
Lueck, "First Possession"
Lueck, et al "Property Law"
Merrill and Smith Making Coasean Property More Coasean
Merrill and Smith What Happened to Property in Law and Economics
McCloskey Economical Writing
Maugham, "The Verger''
Mackaay History of Law and Economics
Menell Intellectual Property
Masten, Contractual Choice
Ostrom, Private and Common Property Rights
Palmer, "The Economics of Cruel and Unusual Punishment"
Polinsky and Shavell  Public Enforcement of Law
Schafer Torts
Wolfers Did Unilateral Divorce Laws Raise Divorce Rates



Cases:

Sturges v. Bridgman
Spur Industries, Inc. v. Del E. Webb Development Co.
Pierson v. Post
Hammonds v. Central Kentucky Natural Gas Co.
Sherwood v. Walker
Hadley v. Baxendale