Journal of Legal Studies
Journal of Legal Studies
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Volume 6(1)
Advertising and Free Speech
R.H. Coase
1
On the Measurement of the Deterrent Effect of Capital Punishment and the Theory of Deterrence
I. Ehrlich and J.C. Gibbons
35
Why is the Common Law Efficient?
P.H. Rubin
51
The Common Law Process and the Selection of Efficient Rules
G.L. Priest
65
Impossibility and Related Doctrines in Contract Law: An Economic Analysis
R.A. Posner and A.M. Rosenfield
83
Commercial Impossibility, the Uranium Market and the Westinghouse Case
P.L. Joskow
119
A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of the Prosecutor
B. Forest and K. Brosi
177
Prior Regulation versus Post Liability: The Choice Between Input and Output Monitoring
D. Wittman
193
An Economic Analysis of the Land Title Systems for Transferring Real Property
J.T. Janczyk
213
Legislative Size and Voting Rules
W.M. Crain and R.D. Tollison
235
Deterrence Regained: The Cheshire Constabularyºs ÑBreathalyser Blitzæ
H.L. Ross
241
Volume 6(2)
State Law, Shareholder Protection and the Theory of the Corporation
R.K. Winter, Jr.
251
Fear of Deterrence: A Critical Evaluation of the ÑReport of the Panel on Research on Deterrent and Incapacitative Effectsæ
I. Ehrlich and R. Mark
293
Determinants of the Death Rate from Robbery: A Detroit Time Study
F.E. Zimring
317
A Study of Sentencing in the Hennepin County and Ramsey County District Courts
W.M. Rhodes
333
The Influence of Representation on Public Policy
W.M. Crain and R. Tollison
355
Forced Busing and the Demand for Private Schooling
C.H. Farrell, D.N. Hyman and L.A. Ihnen
363
Retroactive Law
S.R. Munzer
373
Adam Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society
D.J. Devine
399
Gratuitous Promises in Economics and Law
R.A. Posner
411
An Empirical Study of the Federal Summary Judgment Rule
W.P. McLauchlan
427
Timing in Personal Taxation
W.A. Klein
461
Volume 7(1)
Mistake, Disclosure, Information and the Law of Contracts
A.T. Kronman
1
Economics of Alimony
E.M. Landes
35
Earning and Learning in Law Firms
A. Leibowitz and R. Tollison
65
Salvors, Finders, Good Samaritans and Other Rescuers: An Economic Study of Law and Altruism
W.M. Landes and R.A. Posner
83
The Long-Run Effects of Abolishing the Baseball Player Reserve System
W.L. Holahan
129
Judicial Supervision of Servitudes
U. Reichman
139
Running Out: The Problem of Exhaustible Resources
S.F. Williams
165
Volume 7(2)
Economics and Contiguous Disciplines
R.H. Coase
201
Wealth and Possible Liberty
G.J. Stigler
213
Litigation and Social Status in Seventeenth-Century New Haven
T.L. Haskell
219
Costly Litigation in the Model of Single Activity Accidents
J.A. Ordover
243
Penalties and Compensation for Auto Accidents
C.R. Knoeber
263
Industrial Accident Liability Policy of the Early Twentieth Century
J.L. Croyle
279
Producersº Liability and Product-Related Accidents
R.S. Higgins
299
The Economics of the Baby Shortage
E.M. Landes and R.A. Posner
323
Judicial Economy and Class Actions
R. Bernstein
349
Personal Bankruptcies
V.P. Apilado, J.J. Dauten and D.E. Smith
371
An Economic Theory of the Evolution of the Common Law
J.C. Goodman
393
Volume 8(1)
Controlling Externalities and Protecting Entitlements: Property Right, Liability Rule and Tax-Subsidy Approaches
A.M. Polinsky
1
Nuisance Law: Corrective Justice and Its Utilitarian Constraints
R.A. Epstein
49
Utilitarianism, Economics and Legal Theory
R.A. Posner
103
A Model of the Jury Decision Process
A.K. Klevorick and M. Rothschild
141
Constitutional Change in an Interest-Group Perspective
R.D. Tollison and W.M. Crain
165
The Cost of Crime to Victims: An Empirical Analysis
M.J. Rizzo
177
Suburban Growth Controls: Liability Rules and Pigovian Taxes
M.J. White
207
Volume 8(2)
Introduction
H.G. Manne
231
Adjudication as a Private Good
W.M. Landes and R.A. Posner
235
Public and Private Characteristics of a Legal Process: A Comment
O.A. Davis
285
Litigation Expenditures as Private Determinants of Judicial Decisions: A Comment
A. Denzau
295
Adjudication as a Private Good: A Comment
P.D. Carrington
303
Adjudication as a Private Good: A Comment
G.C. Hazard, Jr.
319
Discussion by Seminar Participants
V.P. Goldberg (edited by)
323
Private Creation and Enforcement of Law: A Historical Case
D. Friedman
399
Volume 8(3)
Causal Paradigms in Tort Law
J. Borgo
419
Epsteinºs Tort Theory: A Critique
R.A. Posner
457
Causation and Corrective Justice: A Reply to Two Critics
R.A. Epstein
477
Products Liability in Markets with Heterogeneous Consumers
J.A. Ordover
505
An Economic Analysis of the Law of False Advertising
E.R. Jordan and P.H. Rubin
527
The Executive Branch in the Interest-Group Theory of Government
W.M. Crain and R.D. Tollison
555
Land Title Systems, Scale of Operations and Operating and Conversion Costs
J.T. Janczyk
569
Detention of Heroine Addicts, Job Opportunities and Deterrence
H.L. Votey, Jr.
585
Cost and Output in the Legislative Firm
W.M. Crain
607
Defending Organized Crime? A Note
J. Backhaus
623
Volume 9(1)
Strict Liability versus Negligence
S. Shavell
1
The System Builders: A Critical Appraisal of Modern Tort Theory
I. Englard
27
Retribution and Related Concepts of Punishment
R.A. Posner
71
Diversity Jurisdiction and Local Bias: A Preliminary Empirical Inquiry
J. Goldman and K.S. Marks
93
Private versus Public Enforcement of Fines
A.M. Polinsky
105
Judicial Discretion
R.S. Higgins and P.H. Rubin
129
Can Litigation Improve the Law without the Help of Judges?
R. Cooter and L. Kornhauser
139
Taxes and Legal Rules for the Control of Externalities When There Are Strategic Responses
J. Prather Brown and W.L. Holahan
165
Economics - An Imperialist Science?
R. Brenner
179
Volume 9(2)
Introduction
M.J. Rizzo
189
Is Wealth a Value?
R.M. Dworkin
191
Wealth Maximization as a Normative Principle
A. T. Kronman
227
The Value of Wealth: A Comment on Dworkin and Kronman
R.A. Posner
243
The Static Conception of the Common Law
R.A. Epstein
253
The Static Conception of the Common Law: A Comment
S.F. Williams
277
Law amid Flux: The Economics of Negligence and Strict Liability in Tort
M.J. Rizzo
291
Predictability and the Economic Approach to Law: A Comment on Rizzo
P.H. Rubin
319
The Laws of Change: The Cunning of Reason in Moral and Legal History
C. Fried
335
Justice, Efficiency and the Economic Analysis of Law: A Comment on Fried
G.O. OºDriscoll, Jr.
355
Legal Change, Judicial Behavior and the Diversity Jurisdiction
W.M. Landes and R.A. Posner
367
Legal Change, Judicial Behavior and the Diversity Jurisdiction: A Comment
N.K. Komesar
387
Selective Characteristics of Litigation
G.L. Priest
399
Can There Be a Principle of Explanation in common Law Decisions? A Comment on Priest
M.J. Rizzo
423
Volume 9(3)
Constitutions, Statues and the Theory of Efficient AdjudicationF.I. Michelman
431
An Analysis of Causation and the Scope of Liability in the Law of Torts
S. Shavell
463
Joint and Multiple Tortfeasors: An Economic Analysis
W.M. Landes and R.A. Posner
517
First Come, First Served: An Economic Analysis of ÑComing to the Nuisanceæ
D. Wittman
557
Sales Law, Economics and the Negotiability of Goods
H.R. Weinberg
569
Risk Taking and Reelection: Does Federalism Promote Innovation?
S. Rose-Ackerman
593
Crimes Punishable by Imprisonment: A Note
J.C. Baldry
617
Volume 10(1)
Security Interests and Bankruptcy Priorities: A Review of Current Theories
A. Schwartz
1
Breach of Contract and the Foreseeability Doctrine of Hadley v. Baxendale
J.M. Perloff
39
Optimal Pricing of Sequential Inputs: Last Clear Chance, Mitigation of Damages and Related Doctrines in the Law
D. Wittman
65
Human Capital and Covenants Not to Compete
P.H. Rubin and P. Shedd
93
Product Liability Insurance, Moral Hazard and Contributory Negligence
R.S. Higgins
111
Lump-Sum versus Periodic Damage Awards
S.A. Rea, Jr.
131
An Economic Analysis of Cost and Fee Rules for Class Actions
D.N. Dewees, J.R.S. Prichard and M.J. Trebilcock
155
The Concept of Corrective Justice in Recent Theories of Tort Law
R.A. Posner
187
The Producitivity of Legislatorsº Tenure: A Case of Lacking Evidence
K.V. Greene and V.G. Munley
207
Representation and Influence: A Reply
W.M. Crain and R.D. Tollison
215
Volume 10(2)
The Effects of Breaches of Forward Contracts Due to Unanticipated Price Changes
J.M. Perloff
221
Unenforceable Contracts: Penalty Clauses and Specific Performance
P.H. Rubin
237
Optimal Spatial Location under Pollution: Liability Rules and Zoning
M.J. White and D. Wittman
249
On the Consequences of Costly Litigation in the Model of Single Activity Accidents: Some New Results
J.A. Ordover
269
The Coase Theorem in Jewish Law
Y. Liebermann
293
Property as Government in Eighteenth-Century America: The Case of New York City
H. Hartog
305
A Theory of the Ethnically Homogeneous Middleman Group: An Institutional Alternative to Contract Law
J.T. Landa
349
The Criminal Justice System: Its Technology and Inefficiencies
L. Phillips
363
The Economics of Bail Jumping
S.L. Myers, Jr.
381
A Strictly Evolutionary Model of Common Law
R.P. Terrebonne
397
Value Maximization and Welfare Theory
D. Keenan
409