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LawEconProfBloghttp://feedburner.google.comMarkets and Moralstag:typepad.com,2003:post-682022712009-06-17T10:29:12-04:002009-06-17T14:29:12Z2009-06-17T14:29:12ZI very highly recommend Al Roth's summary of Michael Sandel's BBC Reith Lectures on "Markets and Morality" -- available here. TSUlawandeconomicsCaperton v. Masseytag:typepad.com,2003:post-679425472009-06-10T13:22:53-04:002009-06-10T17:53:44Z2009-06-10T17:22:53ZEarlier this week the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its opinion in Clapton v. Massey. The decision was 5 - 4, with Justice Kennedy writing the majority opinion, and Chief Justice Roberts, a dissent. Here is the front matter from...lawandeconomicsWhew!tag:typepad.com,2003:post-677124432009-06-06T12:24:53-04:002009-06-06T16:24:53Z2009-06-06T16:24:53ZI apologize for the large gap in postings. This has been a particularly taxing semester. But the worst is behind me, and the best is ahead. Here are a few things to check out as I ease back into blogging...lawandeconomicsCrime and Incarcerationtag:typepad.com,2003:post-645507252009-03-24T09:16:48-04:002009-03-24T13:16:48Z2009-03-24T13:16:48ZJames Q. Wilson, whose work I admire immensely and who is one of the most careful scholars of crime and criminal justice policy, has a marvelous column today at AEI summarizing what we know and do not know about the...lawandeconomicsNorth Carolina and Car Sharingtag:typepad.com,2003:post-637953752009-03-08T10:54:16-04:002009-03-08T14:54:16Z2009-03-08T14:54:16ZI'm sitting outside the Weaver Street Market in Carboro, North Carolina (just outside Chapel Hill), on a delightful Spring morning. I've visiting my dear friend Mitu Gulati, who is off at a spinning class while I drink coffee and catch...lawandeconomicsDroit de Suitetag:typepad.com,2003:post-636768872009-03-05T09:39:06-05:002009-03-05T14:39:06Z2009-03-05T14:39:06ZFor years I have used a discussion of the droit de suite (the artist's right to share in the proceeds of sales of his or her work beyond the first sale) to teach my law students about transaction costs, social...lawandeconomicsSummary of Recent Developments in Economic Theorytag:typepad.com,2003:post-619354842009-01-26T15:19:27-05:002009-01-26T20:19:27Z2009-01-26T20:19:27ZThis article, available at SSRN, by William Ferguson of the Department of Economics at Grinnell College, is a wonderful, brief introduction to recent developments in economic theory. I think that those in the legal academy who are not in regular...lawandeconomicsJudicial Productivitytag:typepad.com,2003:post-615916402009-01-19T14:10:59-05:002009-01-19T19:10:59Z2009-01-19T19:10:59ZAdam Liptak's column in The New York Times for tomorrow -- available here -- contends that there are credible studies showing that paying judges more, as urged annually by the Chief Justice of the United States in his report on...lawandeconomicsNew Dean of University of Illinois College of Lawtag:typepad.com,2003:post-611603882009-01-10T14:57:07-05:002009-01-10T19:57:07Z2009-01-10T19:57:07ZBruce P. Smith, a noted legal historian and award-winning University of Illinois law professor, has been named Dean of the College of Law, pending approval by U. of I. trustees at their Jan. 15 meeting in Chicago. Dean Smith, who...lawandeconomicsKeeping Track of Referencestag:typepad.com,2003:post-601449942008-12-17T16:04:37-05:002008-12-17T21:04:37Z2008-12-17T21:04:37ZOne of the great problems that modern scholars have is keeping track of all the references that might go into one's articles and books. EndNote is a wonderful help for that part of the scholar's task. Today's column in the...lawandeconomics