Colloquium on Law, Economics, and Politics
Professors John Ferejohn and Lewis Kornhauser
Fall 2011
Tuesday, 4:00-5:50 p.m.
Vanderbilt Hall, Room 208
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 2011 Schedule of Presenters
September 6
Gillian Hadfield (USC and Stanford University)
"What is Law? A Coordination Account of the Characteristics of Legal Order" PDF
Co-authored by Barry Weingast (Stanford University and Hoover Institution)
September 20
Rebecca Stone (2010 Furman Scholar New York University School of Law and Supreme Court Clerk, 2011)
"Economic Analysis of Contract Law from the Internal Point of View" PDF
October 4
Lewis Kornhauser (New York University School of Law)
"Modeling Law" PDF
October 18
Ernst Fehr (University of Zurich, Department of Economics)
“The Lure of Authority – Motivation and Incentive Effects of Power" PDF
November 1
Louis Kaplow (Harvard Law School)
“On the Optimal Burden of Proof"
November 15
Roberto Galbiati (CNRS, Paris)
"Obligations, Incentives and Cooperative Behavior" PDF
November 29
Liam Murphy (New York University School of Law)
"The Normativity of Law" PDF
Colloquium questions: Máire Kimble at kimblem@exchange.law.nyu.edu or 212-998-6179