Journal of Legal Studies

1988 - 2009

Edited by Eric A. Posner and Thomas J. Miles

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2009, volume 38, issue 2

Bargaining around Bankruptcy: Small Business Workouts and State Law pp. 255-307

Edward R. Morrison

Are "Pay Now, Terms Later" Contracts Worse for Buyers? Evidence from Software License Agreements pp. 309-343

Florencia Marotta-Wurgler

All-or-Nothing versus Proportionate Damages pp. 345-382

Shmuel Leshem and Geoffrey P. Miller

Less Can Be More: Conflicting Ballot Proposals and the Highest Vote Rule pp. 383-418

Michael D. Gilbert and Joshua M. Levine

Citation to Legislative History: Empirical Evidence on Positive Political and Contextual Theories of Judicial Decision Making pp. 419-443

Michael Abramowicz and Emerson H. Tiller

Do Norms Reduce Torture? pp. 445-470

Michael J. Gilligan and Nathaniel H. Nesbitt

The Laws of Lawlessness pp. 471-503

Peter T. Leeson

Conflicts of Interest, Disclosure, and (Costly) Sanctions: Experimental Evidence pp. 505-532

Bryan K. Church and Xi (Jason) Kuang

Constitutional Agreement during the Drafting of the Constitution: A New Interpretation pp. 533-567

Ben Baack, Robert A. McGuire and T. Norman Van Cott

2009, volume 38, issue 1

Implicit Quotas pp. 1-20

Roland G. Fryer

Negative Liability pp. 21-59

Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci

The Economics of Presidential Pardons and Commutations pp. 61-88

William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner

Asymmetric Information and the Law of Servitudes Governing Land pp. 89-120

Antony Dnes and Dean Lueck

Plaintiphobia in State Courts? An Empirical Study of State Court Trials on Appeal pp. 121-155

Theodore Eisenberg and Michael Heise

Legal Change: Selective Litigation, Judicial Bias, and Precedent pp. 157-168

Thomas Miceli

The Influence of Retention Politics on Judges' Voting pp. 169-206

Joanna M. Shepherd

The Role of Politics and Economics in Explaining Variation in Litigation Rates in the U.S. States pp. 205-233

Tonja Jacobi

Advantage Defendant: Why Sinking Litigation Costs Makes Negative-Expected-Value Defenses but Not Negative-Expected-Value Suits Credible pp. 235-253

Warren F. Schwartz and Abraham L. Wickelgren

2008, volume 37, issue S2

Introduction to the Conference on Law and Happiness pp. S1-S4

Eric A. Posner and Cass R. Sunstein

Measuring Well-Being for Public Policy: Preferences or Experiences? pp. S5-S31

Paul Dolan and Tessa Peasgood

Happiness Inequality in the United States pp. S33-S79

Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

Who Is the Happy Warrior? Philosophy Poses Questions to Psychology pp. S81-S113

Martha C. Nussbaum

Two Recommendations on the Pursuit of Happiness pp. S115-S132

Christopher K. Hsee, Fei Xu and Ningyu Tang

Hive Psychology, Happiness, and Public Policy pp. S133-S156

Jonathan Haidt, J. Patrick Seder and Selin Kesebir

Illusory Losses pp. S157-S194

Cass R. Sunstein

Pain and Suffering Awards: They Shouldn't Be (Just) about Pain and Suffering pp. S195-S216

Peter A. Ubel and George Loewenstein

Death, Happiness, and the Calculation of Compensatory Damages pp. S217-S251

Andrew J. Oswald and Nattavudh Powdthavee

Happiness Research and Cost-Benefit Analysis pp. S253-S292

Matthew Adler and Eric A. Posner

What Does Happiness Research Tell Us About Taxation? pp. S293-S324

David A. Weisbach

The Effect of Crime on Life Satisfaction pp. S325-S353

Mark A. Cohen

2008, volume 37, issue 2

Transnational Forum Shopping as a Trade and Investment Issue pp. 339-378

Alan O. Sykes

Case Law versus Statute Law: An Evolutionary Comparison pp. 379-430

Giacomo A. M. Ponzetto and Patricio A. Fernandez

A Switching Costs Explanation of Tying and Warranties pp. 431-458

Edward Iacobucci

The Human and Economic Dimensions of Altruism: The Case of Organ Transplantation pp. 459-501

Richard A. Epstein

Completing Contracts in the Shadow of Costly Verification pp. 503-534

Albert Choi and George Triantis

Taxing Cap-and-Trade Environmental Regulation pp. 535-550

Ethan Yale

Does Nonprofit Status Signal Quality? pp. 551-576

Anup Malani and Guy David

Realistic Standards: Optimal Negligence with Limited Liability pp. 577-594

Juan José Ganuza and Fernando Gómez

2008, volume 37, issue 1

Judicial Fact Discretion pp. 1-35

Nicola Gennaioli and Andrei Shleifer

On Optimal Legal Change, Past Behavior, and Grandfathering pp. 37-85

Steven Shavell

Bias in Judicial Citations: A Window into the Behavior of Judges? pp. 87-129

Stephen J. Choi and G. Mitu Gulati

How Much Irrationality Does the Market Permit? pp. 131-159

Alan Schwartz

Social Distance and Self-Enforcing Exchange pp. 161-188

Peter T. Leeson

Don't Buy Shares without It: Limited Liability Comes to American Express pp. 189-227

Mark I. Weinstein

The Fairness Opinion Puzzle: Board Incentives, Information Asymmetry, and Bidding Strategy pp. 229-272

Yasuhiro Ohta and Kenton K. Yee

A Primary-Activity Approach to Proof Burdens pp. 273-313

Chris William Sanchirico

The Effect of Conflicting Moral and Legal Rules on Bargaining Behavior: The Case of No-Fault Divorce pp. 315-338

Tess Wilkinson-Ryan and Jonathan Baron

2007, volume 36, issue S2

Introduction: Current Research on Medical Malpractice Liability pp. S1-S8

Anup Malani

Physicians' Insurance Limits and Malpractice Payments: Evidence from Texas Closed Claims, 1990-2003 pp. S9-S45

Kathryn Zeiler, Charles Silver, Bernard Black, David A. Hyman and William M. Sage

When Tort Resolutions Are "Wrong": Predictors of Discordant Outcomes in Medical Malpractice Litigation pp. S47-S78

David M. Studdert and Michelle M. Mello

The Impact of Malpractice Risk on the Use of Obstetrics Procedures pp. S79-S119

Beomsoo Kim

Medical Malpractice Reform and Physicians in High-Risk Specialties pp. S121-S142

Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann

Does Malpractice Liability Keep the Doctor Away? Evidence from Tort Reform Damage Caps pp. S143-S182

David A. Matsa

An Empirical Study of the Impact of Tort Reforms on Medical Malpractice Settlement Payments pp. S183-S229

Ronen Avraham

An Empirical Assessment of Early Offer Reform for Medical Malpractice pp. S231-S259

Joni Hersch, Jeffrey O'Connell and W Kip Viscusi

Unlimited Subrogation: Improving Medical Malpractice Liability by Allowing Insurers to Take Charge pp. S261-S289

Kenneth S. Reinker and David Rosenberg

2007, volume 36, issue 1

Comparisons of the Incentive for Insolvency under Different Legal Regimes pp. 141-170

Elizabeth Klee and Lewis Kornhauser

2007, volume 36

Post-Siliconix Freeze-Outs: Theory and Evidence pp. 1-26

Guhan Subramanian

Economic Efficiency, Nuisance, and Sewage: New Lessons from Attorney-General v. Council of the Borough of Birmingham, 1858–95 pp. 27-62

Leslie Rosenthal

Total Liability for Excessive Harm pp. 63-80

Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat

Punishing the Innocent along with the Guilty: The Economics of Individual versus Group Punishment pp. 81-106

Thomas Miceli and Kathleen Segerson

The Problematic Value of Mathematical Models of Evidence pp. 107-140

Ronald J. Allen and Michael S. Pardo

Comparisons of the Incentive for Insolvency under Different Legal Regimes pp. 141-170

Elizabeth Klee and Lewis Kornhauser

The Effect of Judicial Expedience on Attorney Fees in Class Actions pp. 171-187

Eric Helland and Jonathan Klick

If Only Half of International Agreements Have Dispute Resolution Provisions, Which Half Needs Explaining? pp. 189-212

Barbara Koremenos

Mandatory Disclosure and Stock Returns: Evidence from the Over-the-Counter Market pp. 213-251

Allen Ferrell

Contingent Fees, Moral Hazard, and Attorney Rents: A Laboratory Experiment pp. 253-273

Michael McKee, Rudy Santore and Joel Shelton

The Condominium versus Cooperative Puzzle: An Empirical Analysis of Housing in New York City pp. 275-324

Michael H. Schill, Ioan Voicu and Jonathan Miller

Contractual Holdup and Legal Intervention pp. 325-354

Steven Shavell

The Economics of Stigma: Why More Detection of Crime May Result in Less Stigmatization pp. 355-377

Alon Harel and Alon Klement

Sanctions by Social Norms and the Law: Substitutes or Complements? pp. 379-396

Yoshinobu Zasu

Qualified Ratification: Explaining Reservations to International Human Rights Treaties pp. 397-429

Eric Neumayer

A Unilateral Accident Model under Ambiguity pp. 431-477

Joshua C. Teitelbaum