Teaching Torts. (Syllabus) This four-unit, first-year course explores the basic principles governing private lawsuits for damages for wrongs that are noncontractual, including consideration of the concepts of strict liability, liability based on fault, intentional and negligent interference with personal and property interests and defenses thereto, recoverable damages, and related problems. Fall 2004, Fall 2006. Economic Analysis of Health Care Law. (Syllabus) Three-unit, upper-level course designed to provide a broad overview of health care law from an economic perspective. The course begins with a description of the industry's past and present organization and a discussion of the economic rationale behind industry regulation. Topics include health care insurance, assessment of quality of care, the role of information, the pharmaceutical industry and unionization of physicians. Fall 2003, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007. Law and Economics Workshop Series. The Law and Economics Workshop is a research workshop. Students may take the seminar for three units (paper required) or for two units (no paper required). In a majority of the class sessions, outside speakers (typically faculty members from other institutions) present their current work in the field of law and economics. The specific topics considered vary depending on the interests of the speakers, but the general focus is on applying economic concepts and tools to legal and regulatory issues. Other sessions focus on selected basic topics in law and economics, including methodology commonly used in law and economics scholarship. Students are responsible for preparing brief weekly memoranda that discuss and question the presented papers. I co-directed this workshop series with William Bratton. Fall 2004 and Spring 2006. Behavioral Law and Economics Seminar. (Syllabus) Behavioral economics attempts to increase the explanatory power of economics by using insights from the field of psychology. Scholars, judges, legislators and bureaucrats look to behavioral economics findings to explain both the effects and content of laws. In addition, behavioral concepts help in determining how the law might be used to achieve particular goals and in assessing whether the law is achieving its stated goals. This seminar begins with a broad overview of the field of behavioral economics and its application to legal issues. Topics include behavioral game theory, government regulation of behavior, biases and heuristics, the Coase theorem, the endowment effect, jury framing and others. Spring 2004. Home | Research | Links | Race Results