The Colloquium on Law, Economics, and Politics
Professors John Ferejohn and Lewis Kornhauser
Fall 2012
Tuesday, 5:15-7:35 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 202
LW.10582.001
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 2012 Schedule of Presenters
September 4
Bruce Cain (Stanford University, Political Science)
"Fixing American Democracy: The Quandaries of Political Reform" (PDF)
September 18
Charles Cameron (NYU School of Law, Princeton University, The Woodrow Wilson School )
“Regulatory Auditing at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs” (with Alex Acs, Princeton University, The Woodrow Wilson School) (PDF)
October 2
Bernard Grofman (UC Irvine, Political Science)
“Extending Duverger’s Law When Parties Become Blocs: Evidence from Italy Under Three Different Electoral Systems, 1945-2010” (PDF)
October 16
Ryan Bubb (NYU School of Law)
“Optimal Agency Bias and Regulatory Review” (PDF)
October 30
Anne Joseph O’Connell (UC Berkeley School of Law)
“Boundary Institutions” (Postponed)
November 13
Nancy Rosenblum (Harvard University, Government)
“Good Neighbor Nation: The Democracy of Everyday Life In America” (PDF)
November 27
Ellen Lust (Yale University, Political Science)
“The Multiple Meanings of Elections in Non-Democratic Regimes: Breakdown, Response and Outcome in the Arab Uprisings" (PDF)
December 4
Anne Joseph O’Connell (UC Berkeley School of Law)
“Boundary Institutions”(PDF)
Colloquium questions: Máire Kimble at kimblem@exchange.law.nyu.edu or 212-998-6179
http://www.law.nyu.edu//academics/colloquia/laweconomicsandpolitics/index.htm