Economic Analysis of Law: Preliminary Syllabus

Week
Chapter
Topics



1/10

 Introduction, 1, 2

 Economic Analysis of Law, Efficiency

1/19

3,4

Externalities

1/24

5,  Coase Article

Designing Legal Rules

1/31

6,7

Economics of Risk, Ex Post vs Ex Ante Enforcement

2/7

8, 9

Game Theory, Value of Life

2/14
Review

2/16

Midterm

2/22

10 Property
2/28
11 Intellectual Property
3/7-12
Spring Vacation
3/14
12
Contract

3/16

From China to Cyberspace
3/21
13
Family Law

3/28

14
Tort

4/4

15

Crime

4/11

16

Antitrust

4/18

17, 18

Some Very Different Systems of Legal Rules

4/20
Short paper or presentation—L&E arguments for one side of a real case—due.

4/25

19, Epilogue

Is the Common Law Efficient?

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