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1/14 |
Intro |
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1/21 |
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1/28 |
Insurance |
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2/4 |
Strategic Behavior |
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2/11 |
Ex Ante/Ex Post |
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2/13 |
Property v Liability |
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2/20 |
First Midterm |
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2/25 |
Property |
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"Approximate Optimality of Aboriginal Property Rights" | ||||||||||
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"The Problem of Social Cost" | |||||||||
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Intellectual Property |
"Standards As Intellectual Property" pp. 1109-1119 | |||||||||||
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3/11 |
Contract Law |
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3/18 |
Family Law |
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"Marriage, Divorce, and Quasi Rents" | ||||||||||
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3/25 |
Tort law |
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4/1 |
Criminal Law |
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"Should the Characteristics of Victims and Criminals Count?" pp. 731-751. | ||||||||||
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4/10 |
Second Midterm |
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4/15 |
Antitrust |
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4/22 |
Alternatives |
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"Private Creation and Enforcement of Law: A Historical Case." | ||||||||||
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["Making Sense of English Law Enforcement in the Eighteenth Century"] | |||||||||
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4/29 |
Review |
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[]: Optional Reading--will be available in the library and on my web page
Assigned chapters are from Posner, Richard, Economic Analysis of Law
My office is Bergin 204.; office hours will be 4:30-5:30 T,Th; 7:20-8:00 T, Th by arrangement.
My EMail address is DDFr@Best.com
My Web page is http://www.best.com/~ddfr/
The class web page is http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Law_and_Econ_97/Law_and_Econ_97.html
Required articles will be handed out in class; some will also be available on the class web page. An outline of the material covered in class will be available both on the web page and in hardcopy. Outlines from previous years, and many of my articles, are available on the web at http://www.best.com/~ddfr/Academic/Academic.html, near the bottom of the page.