Chicago Lectures in Law and Economics

by Posner, Eric A.

• ISBN13: 9781566629720
• ISBN10: 1566629721
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-01
• Publisher: West Academic

Summary

These essays are based on the Coase Lectures presented by faculty of the University of Chicago Law School. The lectures, named for Nobel Laureate and emeritus Chicago faculty member Ronald Coase, are designed to introduce law students, and especially first-year law students, to the economic analysis of law. The lectures thus assume no prior knowledge of economics, and only the most minimal knowledge of the law. The essays collected in this book are for the most part faithful reproductions of the lectures, with citations added for the purpose of guiding the reader to the relevant literature. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Eric A. Posner is Professor of Law at the University of Chicago

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
An Introduction to Regression Analysis	1	(28)
Alan O. Sykes
An Introduction to Game Theory and the Law	29	(20)
Randal C. Picker
The Law and Economics of Contract Damages	49	(16)
Douglas G. Baird
Das Kapital: Solvency Regulation of the American Business Enterprise	65	(17)
Geoffrey P. Miller
Freedom of Contract	82	(19)
Richard Craswell
Public Choice	101	(12)
J. Mark Ramseyer
Intellectual Property in an Age of Software and Biotechnology	113	(22)
Kenneth W. Dam
Social Norms and Social Roles	135	(40)
Cass R. Sunstein
Transaction Costs and Property Rights: Or Do Good Fences Make Good Neighbors?	175	(14)
Richard A. Epstein
Values and Consequences: An Introduction to Economic Analysis of Law	189	(14)
Richard A. Posner
Carrots and Torts	203	(22)
Saul Levmore
Agency Models in Law and Economics	225	(20)
Eric A. Posner
Index	245