Law, Economics, and Politics Colloquium

Professors John Ferejohn and Lewis Kornhauser

Fall 2009
Tuesday, 4:00-5:50 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 202
L06.3531.001
2 credits

The course will investigate a wide variety of topics ranging from the foundations of rational choice theory (an inquiry important to the evaluation of the use of the theory in understanding law) to applications to questions of immediate interest. Economists and political scientists have used the theory to investigate a number of topics of central interest to the law such as (a) how the organization of Congress affects the nature and content of legislation enacted; (b) the relation between courts and Congress; (c) Congressional and judicial control of administrative agencies; (d) federalism; and (e) the structure of adjudication. 

 

Fall 2009 Schedule of Presenters

September 8
David Epstein, Columbia University, Political Science "National Trends in Minority Representation, 1974-2008" from the forthcoming book Dividing Lines: Race and Redistricting in the Age of Obama (jointly with Sharyn O'Halloran, Columbia University, Political Science) pdf

September 22
Adriaan Lanni, Harvard Law School
“Enforcing Social Norms in Court” from the forthcoming book Law and Order in Classical Athens pdf

October 6
Lawrence Sager, University of Texas School of Law
“The Case of the Missing Material Rights in Ronald Dworkin's Legal Theory”pdf
October 20
Jeffrey Staton, Emory University, Political Science
(jointly with Gretchen Helmke, University of Rochester, Political Science)  
“Courting Conflict: A Logic of Risky Judicial Decisions in Latin America”pdf
November 3
Sanford Gordon, New York University, Politics
“Endogenous Trade Associations in Regulatory Politics” (jointly with Catherine Hafer, New York University, Politics)pdf

November 17
Claudia Goldin, Harvard University, Economics
“Dynamics of the Gender Gap for Young Professionals in the Financial and Corporate Sectors”
(jointly with Marianne Bertrand, University of Chicago, Booth School of Business and
Lawrence Katz, Harvard University, Economics)pdf

December 1
Matthew Adler, University of Pennsylvania School of Law
Well-Being and Equity: A Framework for Policy Analysis  (forthcoming Oxford U. Press 2010) Chapter 4: The Case for a Prioritarian SWF (Social Welfare Function) pdf

Colloquium questions: Mary Kimble at kimblem@exchange.law.nyu.edu or 212-998-6179



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