Law and Economics Course Readings: A Survey of North American Universities

Benson B. L. The Enterprises of Law: Justice Without State. Pacific Grove, CA: Pacific Research Institute, 1988.

Cooter R. Ulen T. Law and Economics. Glenview, IL,: Scott Foresmen and Co., 1988. (au8, cu7).

Eggertsson T. Economic Behavior and Institutions. New York: Cambridge, University Press, 1990.

Farber D. A. Frickey P. P. Law and Public Choice: A Critical Introduction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991.

Hirsch W. Law and Economics: An Introductory Analysis. 2nd ed. New York: Academic Press, 1988.

Komesar N. K. Imperfect Alternatives: Choosing Institution in Law, Economics and Public Policy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.

Polinsky A. M. An Introduction to Law and Economics. Boston, Mass.,: Little, Brown & Company, 1992. (au3, cu6).

Pollock-Byrne J. M. Ethics in Crime and Justice. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole, 1989.

Posner R. A. Economic Analysis of Law. Boston, Mass.,: Little, Brown & Company 1992. (au5, cu8).

Stephen F. H. The Economics of the Law: Ames: Iowa State University, 1988.

Veljanovski C. J. The Economics of Law: An Introductory Text. London: Institute of Economic Affairs, 1990.

Waddams S. M. An Introduction to the Study of Law. Toronto: Carswell, 1987.

Bailey M. J. “Optimality of Aboriginal Property Rights”. Journal of Legal Studies 35: April 1992.

Bebchuck L. A. “Suing Solely to Extract a Settlement”. Journal of Legal Studies 17: June 1988.

Coase R. “The Problem of Social Cost”. Journal of Law and Economics 3: October 1960. (au6, cu2).

Cooter R. “The Cost of Coase”. Journal of Legal Studies 11: June 1982. (au2, cu1).

Crocker J. “The Measurement of Economic Losses From Uncompensated Externalities.” Journal of Law and Economics 14: October 1971. (au1, cu1).

Demestz H. , “When Does the Rule of Liability Matter? Journal of Legal Studies 1: January, 1972. (au3, cu1).

Demestz H. ,. “Toward a Theory of Property Rights.” American Economic Review 57: March 1967.

Epstein R. “Why Restrain Alienation”? Columbia Law Review 85: June 1985.

Galabresi G. Melamed A. D. “Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability: One View of the Cathedral.” Harvard Law Review 85: April 1972. (au2).

Gordon H. S. “The Economic Theory of a Common Property Resource.” Journal of Political Economy 52: February 1954.

Hoffman E. Spizer M. “The Coase Theorem: Some Experimental Tests”. Journal of Law and Economics 25: April 1982.

Krueger A. , “The Political Economy of a Rent-Seeking Society”. American Economic Review 64: June 1974.

Libecap G. D. Contracting for Property Rights. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989.

McChesney S. “Government Prohibitions on Volunteer Fire Fighting in Nineteenth-Century America: A Property Rights Perspective.” Journal of Legal Studies 15: January 1986. (au1, cu1).

Menell P. S. “Private vs. Social Incentives to Sue.” Journal of Legal Studies 12: January 1983.

Merrill T. W. “Trespass, Nuisance, and the Costs of Determining Property Rights.” Journal of Legal Studies 14: January 1985. (au2).

Michelman F. “Property, Utility and Fairness: Comments on the Ethical Foundations of ‘Just Compensation’ Law.” Harvard Law Review 80: April 1968.

Michelman F. , “Takings.” Columbia Law Review 88: December 1988.

Polinsky M. “Resolving Nuisance Disputes: The Simple Economics of Injunctive and Damage Remedies: Stanford Law Review 32: July 1980. (au1, cu1).

Posner R. A. , “A Theory of Primitive Society, With Special Reference to Primitive Law.” Journal of Law and Economics 23: April 1980.

Stigler G. J. “The Origin of the Sherman Act.” Journal of Legal Studies 14: January 1985. (au2).

Tullock G. “The Welfare Cost of Tariffs, Monopolies and Theft.” Western Economic Journal 5: June 1967.

Barton J. “The Economic Basis of Damages for Breach of Contract.” Journal of Legal Studies 1: March 7 1972.

Cooter R. Marks S. “Bargaining in the Shadow of the Law.” Journal of Legal Studies 11: June 1982. (au2).

Diamond P. Maskin E. “An Equilibrium Analysis of Search and Breach of Contract.” Bell Journal of Economics 10: March 1979. (au1, cu1).

Epstein R. A. “Beyond Foreseeability: Consequential Damages in the Law of Contract.” Journal of Legal Studies 18: January 1989.

Epstein R. A. , “Unconscionability: A Critical Appraisal.” Journal of Law and Economics 18: October 1975. (au3, cu2).

Friedman D. D. “An Economic Analysis of Alternative Damage Rules for Breach of Contract.” Journal of Law and Economics 32: October 1989.

Friedman D. D. , “The Efficient Breach Fallacy”. Journal of Legal Studies 18: January 1989. (au2).

Goldberg V. Readings in the Economics of Contract Law. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1989. (au2, cu1).

Kornhauser L. A. “Reliance, Reputation & Breach of Contract.” Journal of Law and Economics 26: October 1983.

Perloff , “Breach of Contract and the Foreseeability Doctrine of Hadley V. Baxendale.” Journal of Legal Studies 10: January 1981. (au2).

Perloff ,. “The Effects of Breaches of Forward Contracts Due to Unanticipated Price Changes.” Journal of Legal Studies 10: June 1981. (au1, cu1).

Polinsky A. M. “Risk Sharing Through Breach of Contract Remedies.” Journal of Legal Studies 12: June 1983.

Posner R. Rosefield E. “Impossibility and Related Doctrines in Contract Law: An Economic Analysis.” Journal of Legal Studies 6: January 1977. (au4, cu1).

Rae S. A. “Nonpecuniary Loss & Breach of Contract.” Journal of Legal Studies 11: January 1982.

Rubin P. “Unforceable Contracts: Penalty Clauses and Specific Performance.” Journal of Legal Studies 10: June 1981.

Shavell S. “Damage Measures for Breach of Contract.” Bell Journal of Economics 11: Autumn 1980.

White M. J. “Contract Breach & Impossibility.” Journal of Legal Studies 17: June 1988.

Wilson J. “Adaptation to Uncertainty and Small Numbers Exchanges: The New England Fresh Fish Market.” Bell Journal of Economics 11: August 1980.

Ackerman S. R. “The Simple Economics of Tort Law: Organizing Framework.” European Journal of Political Economy 2: Spring 1986. (au2).

Bishop W. Sutton J. “Efficiency and Justice in Tort Damages: The shortcomings of the Pecuniary Loss Rule.” Journal of Legal Studies 15: June 1985.

Broome J. “Trying to Value a Life.” Journal of Public Economics 9: February 1978.

Brown J. P. “Toward an Economic Theory of Liability.” Journal of Legal Studies 2: June 1973. (au2, cu1).

“Conference Volume on Catastrophic Personal Injuries.” Journal of Legal Studies 13: August 1984.

“Conference Volume on Critical Issues in Tort Law Reform.” Journal of Legal Studies 14: December 1985.

Cook P. Graham D. “The Demand for Insurance and Protection: The Case of Irreplaceable Commodities.” Quarterly Journal of Economics 91: February 1977.

Demsetz H. “When Does the Rule of Liability Matter?” Journal of Legal Studies 1: January 1972.

Friedman D. D. “Impossibility, Subjective Probability and Punishment for Attempts.” Journal of Legal Studies 20: January 1991. (au2).

Galabresi G. “The Decision for Accidents: An Approach to Non-Fault Allocation of Costs.” Harvard Law Review 78: February 1965. (au1, cu1).

Goldberg V. P. “Recovery for Pure Economic Loss in Tort.” Journal of Legal Studies 20: June 1991.

Grady M. “Untaken Precautions” Journal of Legal Studies 18: June 1989.

Heiner R. A. “Imperfect Decision Rules and the Law: On the Evolution of Legal Precedent and Rules.” Journal of Legal Studies 15: June 1986.

Keenan D. C. Rubin P. H. “Criminal Violations and Civil Violations.” Journal of Legal Studies 11: June 1982.

Kolstad C. D. Ulen T. S. Johnson G. V. “Ex Post Liability for Harm vs. Ex Ante Safety Regulation: Substitutes or Complements?” American Economic Review, 80: September 1990.

Landa J. T. “Hadley vs. Baxendale.” Journal of Legal Studies, 16: June 1987.

Landes E. M. “Compensation for Automobile Injuries: Is the Tort System Fair?” Journal of Legal Studies 11: June 1982. (au2).

Landes W. Posner R. The Economic Structure of Tort Law, Cambridge, Mass., Harvard University Press, 1987. (cu2).

Linden A. Canadian Tort Law. Toronto: Butterworth, 1988.

Shukaitis M. J. “A Market in Personal Injury Tort Claims.” Journal of Legal Studies 16: June 1987. (au2).

Avio K. “Capital Punishment in Canada: A Time-series Analysis of the Deterrent Hypothesis”. Canadian Journal of Economics 12: November 1979.

Barnes D. W. Start L. A. The Economics of Constitutional Law and Public Choice. New Port: West Publishing, 1992.

Becker G. S. “Crime and Punishment: An Economic Approach.” Journal of Political Economy 76: March/April 1968. (au2, cu1).

Becker G. S. Stigler G. “Law Enforcement, Malfeasance and Compensation of Enforcers.” Journal of Legal Studies 8: January 1974.

Bierman H. S. Fernandez L. Game Theory with Economic Applications. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1993.

Bruce C. J. “An Economic Analysis of the Impossibility Doctrine.” Journal of Legal Studies 11: June 1982.

Carr J. Mathewson F. “The Economics of Law Firms.” Journal of Law and Economics 33: October 1990.

Cook M. J. Cook on Costs: A Guide to Legal Remuneration in Civil Contentions and Non-Contentious Business. Toronto: Butterworth Legal Publishers, 1991.

Cooter R. D. Rubinfeld D. L. “Economic Analysis of Legal Disputes and Their Resolution.” Journal of Economic Literature 27: September 1989.

Curtis W. Microeconomic Concepts for Attorneys: A Reference Guide. New York: Greenwood Press, 1984.

Demeza D. Gould J. R. “The Social Efficiency of Private Decisions to Enforce Property Rights.” Journal of Political Economy 100: June 1992.

Easterbrook F. H. “Criminal Procedure as a Market System.” Journal of Legal Studies 12: June 1983. (au2).

Eliot E. D. “Holmes and Evolution: Legal Process as Artificial Intelligence.” Journal of Legal Studies 13: January 1984.

Erlich I. “Capital Punishment and Deterrence: Some Further Thoughts and Additional Evidence.” Journal of Political Economy 85: August 1977. (au2, cu1).

Erlich I. , “The Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment: A Quest ion of Life and Death.” American Economic Review 65: June 1975. (au2).

Erlich I. , “The Deterrent Effect of Criminal Law Enforcement.” Journal of Legal Studies 1: June 1971. (au2, cu1).

Erlich I. Gibbons J. “On the Measurement of the Deterrent Effect of the Theory of Deterrence.” Journal of Legal Studies 6: January 1977.

Faber H. S. White M. J. “Medical Malpractice: An Empirical Examination of the Litigation Process.” Rand Journal of Economics 22: Summer 1991.

Faith R. L. Tollison R. D. “The Pricing of Surrogate Crime and Law Enforcement.” Journal of Legal Studies 12: June 1983. (au1, cu2).

Fisher T. C. Legal Education, Law Practice, and the Economy: A New England Study: New York: Roth Publishing, 1991.

Gibbons R. Game Theory for Applied Economists. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1992.

Kaplow L. “Private vs. Social Costs in Bringing Suit.” Journal of Legal Studies 15: June 1986.

Landes W. M. Posner R. “Causation in Tort Law: An Economic Approach.” Journal of Legal Studies 12: June 1983. (au2).

Landes W. M. Posner R. , “An Economic Analysis of Copyright Law.” Journal of Legal Studies 18: June 1989.

Landes W. M. Posner R. , “The Private Enforcement of Law.” Journal of Legal Studies 4: January 1975.

Langbein J. “The German Advantage in Civil Procedure.” Chicago Law Review 52: Fall 1985.

Lott J. R. “Should the Wealthy be Able to Buy Justice?” Journal of Political Economy 95: December 1987.

Margolis S. E. “Two Definitions of Efficiency in Law and Economics.” Journal of Legal Studies 16: June 1987.(au2, cu1).

Menell P. S. “A Note on Private versus Social Incentives to Sue in A Costly Legal System.” Journal of Legal Studies 12: January 1983.

Osborne M. J. Rubenstein A. , Bargaining and Markets. New York: Academic Press, 1990.

Polinsky A. M. “Private versus Public Enforcement of Fines.” Journal of Legal Studies 9: January 1980.

Priest G. “The Common Law process and the Selection of Efficient Rules.” Journal of Legal Studies 6: January 1977.

Rae S. A. “Efficiency Implications of Penalties & Liquidated Damages.” Journal of Legal Studies 1: January 1982. (au2, cu1).

Rubin P. “Why is the Common Law Efficient.” Journal of Legal Studies 6: January 1977.

Sedjo R. A. “Property Rights, Genetic Resources & Biotechnical Change.” Journal of Law and Economics 35: April 1992.

Shavell S. “The Social Versus the Private Incentive to Bring Suit in a Costly Legal System.” Journal of Legal Studies 11: June 1982.

Sisk D. E. “Police Corruption and Criminal Monopoly: Victimless Crimes.” Journal of Legal Studies 11: June 1982.

Stigler G. J. “The Optimum Enforcement of Laws.” Journal of Political Economy 78: May/June 1970. (au3).

Zerbe Rio Jr. , ed. Evolutionary Models in Economics and Law. Greenwich: CT. Jai Press, 1982.

→ Coase R. “The Problem of Social Cost.” Journal of Law and Economics 3: October 1960.

Coleman J. Markets, Morals and the Law. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1988.

Epple D. Raviv A. “Product Safety: Liability Rules Market Structure and Imperfect Information.” American Economic Review 68: March 1978. (au2).

Epstein R. A. “Products Liability: The Gathering Storm.” Regulation 1: Sept./Oct. 1977. (au3).

Grossman S. J. Hart O. D. “Disclosure Laws and Takeover Bids.” The Journal of Finance 35: May 1980.

Polinsky A. M. “Enforcement Costs & the Optimal Magnitude and Probability of Fines.” Journal of Law and Economics 35: April 1992.

Polinsky A. M. Che Y-K. “Decoupling Liability: Optimal Incentives for Care and Litigation.” Rand Journal of Economics 22; Winter 1991.

Polinsky A. M. Rogerson W. “Products Liability, Consumer Misperceptions and Market Power.” Bell Journal of Economics 14: Autumn 1983. (au2, cu1).

Shavell S. “Deterrence and the Punishment of Attempts.” Journal of Legal Studies 19: June 1990.

Shavell S. , The Economic Analysis of Accident Law. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1988. (cu2).

Shavell S. , “Strict Liability vs. Negligence.” Journal of Legal Studies 9: June 1980.

Viscusi W. K. “The Dimensions of the Product Liability Crisis.” Journal of Legal Studies 20: June 1991.