LAW 585SEM - Law & Economics

From environmental regulation to criminal law, economic analysis now plays a significant role in the development and enforcement of legal rules. This course introduces and critically examines the rise of “Law and Economics” in American law. The goals of this course are threefold: (1) to develop an understanding of how economic concepts affect policy making and the development of legal doctrines, (2) to assess how effectively economic concepts describe behaviors in the fields in which they are used, and (3) to consider the benefits and consequences of economic analysis from a normative perspective. Materials from a wide range of legal topics will be considered.

Credits: 3