Fall 2011

LAW 674 Introduction to Behavioral Law and Economics

This course explores the basic concepts of the rational-choice framework in economics and then analyze how individuals deviate from the standard assumptions economists make regarding human behavior. Combining empirical and experimental results from both psychology and economics, students will examine the roles that bounded rationality, willpower, and self-interest play in law and economics, and the legal system more broadly, and the consequences of these three departures from neoclassical economics. No previous background in economics is required. [3 credit hours]

Spring 2011

LAW 674 Introduction to Behavioral Law and Economics

Fall 2010

LWEC 401 Law and Economics Theory I (co-taught with W. Kip Viscusi)

Principles of economic analysis as applied to legal issues. Topics include, among others, torts, property, litigation, and government regulation. [3 credit hours]

LWEC 403 Behavioral Law and Economics I

Economic principles underlying behavioral law and economics research. Analyses of the rationality of individual choice will be undertaken, including research that involves the interaction of economics, psychology, and decision sciences. Applications of behavioral law and economics methods will be applied to the analysis of jury behavior. [3 credit hours]

Spring 2010

LWEC 403 Behavioral Law and Economics I

LWEC 404 Behavioral Law and Economics II

Research contributions at the frontier of behavioral law and economics research. Each student will structure a controlled experiment to test the rationality of jury behavior, the effect of alternative jury instructions, or a similar kind of scientifically controlled study of behavior relating to the performance of the legal system. Students will administer and analyze survey results and will prepare an original research paper on their chosen topic. [3 credit hours]

Fall 2009

LAW 674 Introduction to Behavioral Law and Economics

Spring 2009

Visiting Assistant Professor, University of California at Berkeley

Fall 2008

LAW 674 Introduction to Behavioral Law and Economics

Spring 2008

LAW 674 Introduction to Behavioral Law and Economics

Fall 2007

LWEC 403 Behavioral Law and Economics I