The Journal of Legal Studies

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Volume 25, issue 2, 1996

Context-Dependence in Legal Decision Making pp. 287-318

Mark Kelman, Yuval Rottenstreich and Amos Tversky

Corporate Crime pp. 319-49

Daniel R Fischel and Alan O Sykes

Buyouts in Large Companies pp. 351-70

Benjamin Hermalin and Alan Schwartz

An Analysis of Fee Shifting Based on the Margin of Victory: On Frivolous Suits, Meritorious Suits, and the Role of Rule 11 pp. 371-403

Lucian Bebchuk and Howard F Chang

"Bad Faith" Breach of Contract by First-Party Insurers pp. 405-44

Alan O Sykes

Settling Multidefendant Lawsuits: The Advantage of Conditional Setoff Rules pp. 445-62

Daniel Klerman

Damage Multipliers in Market Relationships pp. 463-92

Richard Craswell

Any Frequency of Plaintiff Victory at Trial Is Possible pp. 493-501

Steven Shavell

Contingent Fees and Agency Costs pp. 503-33

Bruce L Hay

Volume 25, issue 1, 1996

A New Theory Concerning the Credibility and Success of Threats to Sue pp. 1-25

Lucian Bebchuk

On the Degree of Confidence for Adverse Decisions pp. 27-52

Frederick Schauer and Richard Zeckhauser

Coase v. Pigou Reexamined pp. 53-97

A W Brian Simpson

Coase v. Pigou Reexamined: An Addendum pp. 99-101

A W Brian Simpson

Law and Economics and A. W. Brian Simpson pp. 103-19

Ronald Coase

Corporal Punishments and Optimal Incapacitation pp. 121-30

Steven S Kan

An Economic Analysis of Uniform State Laws pp. 131-99

Larry E Ribstein and Bruce Kobayashi

The Market for Deadbeats pp. 201-32

Margaret F Brinig and F H Buckley

Explaining Deviations from the Fifty-Percent Rule: A Multimodal Approach to the Selection of Cases for Litigation pp. 233-59

Daniel Kessler, Thomas Meites and Geoffrey P Miller

Settlement of Litigation under Rule 68: An Economic Analysis pp. 261-86

Tai-Yeong Chung

Volume 24, issue 2, 1995

Politics and the Judiciary: The Influence of Judicial Background on Case Outcomes pp. 257-81

Orley Ashenfelter, Theodore Eisenberg and Stewart J Schwab

Contract Law in the Welfare State: A Defense of the Unconscionablility Doctrine, Usury Laws, and Related Limitations on the Freedom to Contract pp. 283-319

Eric A Posner

Some Economic Considerations in the Intellectual Property Protection of Software pp. 321-77

Kenneth W Dam

The Appeals Process as a Means of Error Correction pp. 379-426

Steven Shavell

The Selection of Employment Discrimination Disputes for Litigation: Using Business Cycle Effects to Test the Priest-Klein Hypothesis pp. 427-62

Peter Siegelman and John Donohue

Medical Malpractice Insurance in the Wake of Liability Reform pp. 463-90

W Viscusi and Patricia Born

From Race to Age: The Expanding Scope of Employment Discrimination Law pp. 491-521

George Rutherglen

Should Criminal Penalties Include Third-Party Avoidance Costs? pp. 523-34

Kermit Daniel and Lott, John R,

Decisions to Retain Attorneys and File Lawsuits: An Examination of the Comparative Negligence Rule in Accident Law pp. 535-57

Stuart Low and Janet Smith

Volume 24, issue 1, 1995

Alternative Dispute Resolution: An Economic Analysis pp. 1-28

Steven Shavell

Effort, Information, Settlement, Trial pp. 29-62

Bruce L Hay

The Market for Shares of Companies with Unlimited Liability: The Case of American Express pp. 63-85

Peter Z Grossman

Settlement Escrows pp. 87-122

Robert H Gertner and Geoffrey P Miller

Some Experimental Evidence on Differences between Student and Prisoner Reactions to Monetary Penalties and Risk pp. 123-38

Michael K Block and Vernon E Gerety

Contract Remedies and Options Pricing pp. 139-63

Paul G Mahoney

Revelation of Private Information about Unpaid Notes in the Trade Credit Bill System in Japan pp. 165-87

Toshihiro Matsumura and Marc Ryser

Defining Efficient Care: The Role of Income Distribution pp. 189-208

Thomas Miceli and Kathleen Segerson

The Trial Selection Hypothesis without the 50 Percent Rule: Some Experimental Evidence pp. 209-28

Robert E Thomas

The Efficient Scope of Private Transactions-Cost-Reducing Institutions: The Successes and Failures of Commodity Exchanges pp. 229-55

Stephen Craig Pirrong

Volume 23, issue 2, 1994

Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient Than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income pp. 667-81

Louis Kaplow and Steven Shavell

The Economics of Anticipatory Adjudication pp. 683-719

William Landes and Richard Posner

The Puzzling (In)dependence of Courts: A Comparative Approach pp. 721-47

John Ramseyer

Regulatory Takings: When Should Compensation Be Paid? pp. 749-76

Thomas Miceli and Kathleen Segerson

A Comparison of Formal and Informal Dispute Resolution in Medical Malpractice pp. 777-806

Henry S Farber and Michelle J White

The Role of Lawyers in Changing the Law pp. 807-31

Paul Rubin and Martin J Bailey

The Potentially Perverse Effects of Corporate Criminal Liability pp. 832-67

Jennifer Arlen

Marriage and Opportunism pp. 869-94

Margaret F Brinig and Steven M Crafton

Noncompensatory Damages and Potential Insolvency pp. 895-910

James Boyd and Daniel E Ingberman

Volume 23, issue 1, 1994

Recovery for Economic Loss following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill pp. 1-39

Victor P Goldberg

Multidefendant Settlements: The Impact of Joint and Several Liability pp. 41-76

Lewis A Kornhauser and Richard L Revesz

"Bad Faith" Refusal to Settle by Liability Insurers: Some Implications of the Judgment-Proof Problem pp. 77-110

Alan O Sykes

Should We Abolish Chapter 11? The Evidence from Japan pp. 111-57

Theodore Eisenberg and Shoichi Tagashira

Judicial Competence and the Interpretation of Incomplete Contracts pp. 159-84

Gillian K Hadfield

The Courts and the Plaintiffs' Bar: Awarding the Attorney's Fee in Class-Action Litigation pp. 185-209

William J Lynk

Do Contingent Fees Promote Excessive Litigation? pp. 211-24

Thomas Miceli

Improving Settlement Devices: Rule 68 and Beyond pp. 225-46

David Anderson

The Economic Underpinnings of Patent Law pp. 247-71

Kenneth W Dam

Risk-Adjusted Valuation of Professional Degrees in Divorce pp. 273-85

Daniel D Polsby and Martin Zelder

Discontinuities, Causation, and Grady's Uncertainty Theorem pp. 287-301

Stephen Marks

Economic Analysis of Civil Procedure: Introduction pp. 303-06

Geoffrey P Miller

The Value of Accuracy in Adjudication: An Economic Analysis pp. 307-401

Louis Kaplow

Neoactuarialism: Comment pp. 403-09

Daniel R Ortiz

Valuing Accuracy--Filling out the Framework: Comment pp. 411-33

Stephen McG Bundy

An Economic Model of Legal Discovery pp. 435-63

Robert D Cooter and Daniel L Rubinfeld

Discovery Cost Allocation: Comment pp. 465-80

Edward H Cooper

Civil Discovery: Its Effects and Optimal Scope pp. 481-515

Bruce L Hay

Multidefendant Settlements under Joint and Several Liability: The Problem of Insolvency pp. 517-42

Lewis A Kornhauser and Richard L Revesz

The Effect of Joint and Several Liability on the Settlement Rate--Mathematical Symmetries and Metaissues about Rational Litigant Behavior: Comment pp. 543-58

John Donohue

A Note on Joint and Several Liability: Insolvency, Settlement, and Incentives pp. 559-68

Kathryn E Spier

Avoiding Surprise from Federal Civil Rule Making: The Role of Economic Analysis pp. 569-93

Laurens Walker

The Empirical Turn in Procedural Rule Making: Comment pp. 595-613

Robert G Bone

Repealing the Law of Unintended Consequences? Comment pp. 615-26

Rowe, Thomas D,

Judicial Preferences, Public Choice, and the Rules of Procedure pp. 627-46

Jonathan R Macey

Judges' Self-Interest and Procedural Rules: Comment pp. 647-65

Janet Cooper Alexander