Journal of Legal Studies
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Volume 21(1)
The Path to The T. J. Hooper: The Theory and History of Custom in the Law of Tort
R. A. Epstein
1-38
Reconsidering Gratuitous Promises
A. Kull
39-65
When Is Parody Fair Use?
R. A. Posner
67-78
Copyright Protection of Letters, Diaries and Other Unpublished Works: An Economic Approach
W. M. Landes
79-113
Opting Out of the Legal System: Extralegal Contractual Relations in the Diamond Industry
L. Bernstein
115-57
An Attempt at Measuring the Total Monetary Penalty from Drug Convictions: The Importance of an Individual's Reputation
J. R. Lott, Jr.
159-87
Adverse Selection and Long-Term Hazards: The Choice between Contract and Mandatory Liability Rules
S. N. Wiggins and A. H. Ringleb
189-215
Rent Extraction through Political Extortion: An Empirical Examination
R. Beck, C. Hoskins and J. M. Connolly
217-24
Secured Debt under Conditions of Imperfect Information
G. G. Triantis
225-58
Volume 21(2)
Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk
S. Shavell
259-70
Relational Contracts in the Courts: An Analysis of Incomplete Agreements and Judicial Strategies
A. Schwartz
271-318
Rule-Based Negligence and the Regulation of Activity Levels
S. G. Gilles
319-63
Optimal Sanctions When Individuals Are Imperfectly Informed about the Probability of Apprehension
L. A. Bebchuk and L. Kaplow
365-70
Some Implications of Damage Payments for Nonpecuniary Losses
J. E. Calfee and P. H. Rubin
371-411
Should Defendants' Wealth Matter?
J. H. Arlen
413-29
Debtholders and Equityholders
H. Kanda
431-48
Of Harms and Benefits: Torts, Restitution and Intellectual Property
W. J. Gordon
449-82
Volume 22(1)
Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments
S. Shavell
1-13
Contracts of Genesis
G. P. Miller
15-45
The Lessons of the Lighthouse: "Government" or "Private" Provision of Goods
D. E. Van Zandt
47-72
An Equity-Agency Solution to the Bankruptcy-Priority Puzzle
B. E. Adler
73-98
Sequential versus Unitary Trials: An Economic Analysis
W. M. Landes
99-134
Self-Serving Assessments of Fairness and Pretrial Bargaining
G. Loewenstein and et al.
135-59
Alcohol-Control Policies and Motor-Vehicle Fatalities
F. J. Chaloupka, H. Saffer and M. Grossman
161-86
Asymmetric Information and the Selection of Disputes for Litigation
K. N. Hylton
187-210
Volume 22(2)
Gary Becker's Contributions to Law and Economics
R. A. Posner
211-15
Endogenous Preferences, Environmental Law
C. R. Sunstein
217-54
Precommitment, Prohibition and the Problem of Dissent
D. A. Dripps
255-63
The Case for Retroactive Taxation
S. Levmore
265-307
Mutual and Unilateral Mistake in Contract Law
E. Rasmusen and I. Ayres
309-43
Hanged for a Sheep--The Economics of Marginal Deterrence
D. Friedman and W. Sjostrom
345-66
A Case-Study Analysis of Franchise Contracts
A. W. Dnes
367-93
Efficiency of Comparative Negligence: A Game Theoretic Analysis
T. Y. Chung
395-404
The Superior Performance of Savings and Loan Associations with Substantial Holding Companies
H. E. Jackson
405-56
Litigation Cost Allocation Rules and Compliance with the Negligence Standard
K. N. Hylton
457-76
Ritual and Regulation: A Legal-Economic Interpretation of Selected Biblical Texts
G. P. Miller
477-501
Inefficient Dissolutions as a Consequence of Public Goods: The Case of No-Fault Divorce
M. Zelder
503-20
Volume 23(1-1)
Recovery for Economic Loss following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill
V. P. Goldberg
1-39
Multidefendant Settlements: The Impact of Joint and Several Liability
L. A. Kornhauser and R. L. Revesz
41-76
"Bad Faith" Refusal to Settle by Liability Insurers: Some Implications of the Judgment-Proof Problem
A. O. Sykes
77-110
Should We Abolish Chapter 11? The Evidence from Japan
T. Eisenberg and S. Tagashira
111-57
Judicial Competence and the Interpretation of Incomplete Contracts
G. K. Hadfield
159-84
The Courts and the Plaintiffs' Bar: Awarding the Attorney's Fee in Class-Action Litigation
W. J. Lynk
185-209
Do Contingent Fees Promote Excessive Litigation?
T. J. Miceli
211-24
Improving Settlement Devices: Rule 68 and Beyond
D. A. Anderson
225-46
The Economic Underpinnings of Patent Law
K. W. Dam
247-71
Risk-Adjusted Valuation of Professional Degrees in Divorce
D. D. Polsby and M. Zelder
273-85
Discontinuities, Causation and Grady's Uncertainty Theorem
S. Marks
287-301
Volume 23(1-2)
Introduction: Economic Analysis of Civil Procedure
G. P. Miller
303-06
The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication: An Economic Analysis
L. Kaplow
307-401
Neoactuarialism: Comment
D. R. Ortiz
403-09
Valuing Accuracy--Filling out the Framework: Comment
S. M. Bundy
411-33
An Economic Model of Legal Discovery
R. D. Cooter and D. L. Rubinfeld
435-63
Discovery Cost Allocation: Comment
E. H. Cooper
465-80
Civil Discovery: Its Effects and Optimal Scope
B. L. Hay
481-515
Multidefendant Settlements under Joint and Several Liability: The Problem of Insolvency
L. A. Kornhauser and R. L. Revesz
517-42
The Effect of Joint and Several Liability on the Settlement Rate--Mathematical Symmetries and Metaissues about Rational Litigant Behavior: Comment
J. J. Donohue, III
543-58
A Note on Joint and Several Liability: Insolvency, Settlement and Incentives
K. E. Spier
559-68
Avoiding Surprise from Federal Civil Rule Making: The Role of Economic Analysis
L. Walker
569-93
The Empirical Turn in Procedural Rule Making: Comment
R. G. Bone
595-613
Repealing the Law of Unintended Consequences? Comment
T. D. Rowe, Jr.
615-26
Judicial Preferences, Public Choice and the Rules of Procedure
J. R. Macey
627-46
Judges' Self-Interest and Procedural Rules: Comment
J. C. Alexander
647-65
Volume 23(2)
Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income
L. Kaplow and S. Shavell
667-81
The Economics of Anticipatory Adjudication
W. M. Landes and R. A. Posner
683-719
The Puzzling (In)dependence of Courts: A Comparative Approach
J. M. Ramseyer
721-47
Regulatory Takings: When Should Compensation Be Paid?
T. J. Miceli and K. Segerson
749-76
A Comparison of Formal and Informal Dispute Resolution in Medical Malpractice
H. S. Farber and M. J. White
777-806
The Role of Lawyers in Changing the Law
P. H. Rubin and M. J. Bailey
807-31
The Potentially Perverse Effects of Corporate Criminal Liability
J. Arlen
832-67
Marriage and Opportunism
M. F. Brinig and S. M. Crafton
869-94
Noncompensatory Damages and Potential Insolvency
J. Boyd and D. E. Ingberman
895-910
Volume 24(1)
Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis.
S. Shavell
1-28.
Effort, Information, Settlement, Trial.
B. L. Hay
29-62.
The Market for Shares of Companies with Unlimited Liability: The Case of American Express.
P. Z. Grossman
63-85.
Settlement Escrows.
R. H. Gertner and G. P. Miller
87-122.
Some Experimental Evidence on Differences between Student and Prisoner Reactions to Monetary Penalties and Risk.
M. K. Block and V. E. Gerety
123-38.
Contract Remedies and Options Pricing.
P. G. Mahoney
139-63.
Revelation of Private Information about Unpaid Notes in the Trade Credit Bill System in Japan.
T. Matsumura and M. Ryser
165-87.
Defining Efficient Care: The Role of Income Distribution.
T. J. Miceli and K. Segerson
189-208.
The Trial Selection Hypothesis without the 50 Percent Rule: Some Experimental Evidence.
R. E. Thomas
209-28.
The Efficient Scope of Private Transactions-Cost-reducing Institutions: The Successes and Failures of Commodity Exchanges
S. C. Pirrong
229-55.
Volume 24(2)
Politics and the Judiciary: The Influence of Judicial Background on Case Outcomes.
O. Ashenfelter, T. Eisenberg and S. J. Schwab
257-82.
Contract Law in the Welfare State: A Defense of the Unconscionability Doctrine, Usury Laws and Related Limitations on the Freedom to Contract.
E. A. Posner
283-320.
Some Economic Considerations in the Intellectual Property Protection of Software.
K. W. Dam
321-378.
The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction.
S. Shavell
379-426.
The Selection of Employment Discrimination Disputes for Litigation: Using Business Cycle Effects to Test the Priest-Klein Hypothesis.
P. Siegelman and J. J. Donohue III
427-62.
Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Wake of Liability Reform.
W. K. Viscusi and P. Born
463-90.
From Race to Age: The Expanding Scope of Employment Discrimination Law.
G. Rutherglen
491-522.
Should Criminal Penalties Include Third-Party Avoidance Costs?.
K. Daniel and J. R. Lott Jr.
523-34.
Decisions to Retain Attorneys and File Lawsuits: An Examination of the Comparative Negligence Rule in Accident Law.
S. Low and J. Kiholm Smith
Volume 25(1)
A New Theory Concerning the Credibility and Success of Threats to Sue.
L. A. Bebchuk
1-25.
On the Degree of Confidence for Adverse Decisions.
F. Schauer and R. Zeckhauser
pagea.
Coase v. Pigou Reexamined.
A. W. B. Simpson
53-97.
Coase v. Pigou Reexamined: An Addendum.
A. W. B. Simpson
99-101.
Law and Economics and A. W. Brian Simpson.
R. H. Coase
103-19.
Corporal Punishments and Optimal Incapacitation.
S. S. Kan
121-30.
An Economic Analysis of Uniform State Laws.
L. E. Ribstein and B. H. Kobayashi
131-99.
The Market for Deadbeats.
M. F. Brinig and F. H. Buckley
201-32.
Explaining Deviations from the Fifty-Percent Rule: A Multimodal Approach to the Selection of Cases for Litigation.
D. Kessler, T. Meites and G. Miller
233-59.
Settlement of Litigation under Rule 68: An Economic Analysis.
T-Y. Chung
261-86.
Volume 25(2)
Context-Dependence in Legal Decision Making.
M. Kelman, Y. Rottenstreich and A. Tversky
287-318.
Corporate Crime.
D. Fischel and A. O. Sykes
319-49.
Buyouts in Large Companies.
B. Hermalin and A. Schwartz
351-70.
An Analysis of Fee Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On Frivolous Suits, Meritorious Suits, and the Role of Rule 11.
L. A. Bebchuk and H. F. Chang
371-403.
"Bad Faith" Breach of Contract by First-Party Insurers.
A. O. Sykes
405-44.
Settling Multidefendant Lawsuits: The Advantage of Conditional Setoff Rules.
D. Klerman
445-62.
Damage Multipliers in Market Relationships.
R. Craswell
463-92.
Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible.
S. Shavell
493-501.
Contingent Fees and Agency Costs.
B. L. Hay
503-33.
