The Journal of Legal Studies

1974 - 2025

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Gary Becker's Contributions to Law and Economics pp. 211-15: Richard Posner
Endogenous Preferences, Environmental Law pp. 217-54: Cass Sunstein
Precommitment, Prohibition, and the Problem of Dissent pp. 255-63: Donald A Dripps
The Case for Retroactive Taxation pp. 265-307: Saul Levmore
Mutual and Unilateral Mistake in Contract Law pp. 309-43: Eric Rasmusen and Ian Ayres
Hanged for a Sheep--The Economics of Marginal Deterrence pp. 345-66: David Friedman and William Sjostrom
A Case-Study Analysis of Franchise Contracts pp. 367-93: Antony Dnes
Efficiency of Comparative Negligence: A Game Theoretic Analysis pp. 395-404: Tai-Yeong Chung
The Superior Performance of Savings and Loan Associations with Substantial Holding Companies pp. 405-56: Howell E Jackson
Litigation Cost Allocation Rules and Compliance with the Negligence Standard pp. 457-76: Keith N Hylton
Ritual and Regulation: A Legal-Economic Interpretation of Selected Biblical Texts pp. 477-501: Geoffrey P Miller
Inefficient Dissolutions as a Consequence of Public Goods: The Case of No-Fault Divorce pp. 503-20: Martin Zelder

Suit versus Settlement when Parties Seek Nonmonetary Judgments pp. 1-13: Steven Shavell
Contracts of Genesis pp. 15-45: Geoffrey P Miller
The Lessons of the Lighthouse: "Government" or "Private" Provision of Goods pp. 47-72: David E Van Zandt
An Equity-Agency Solution to the Bankruptcy-Priority Puzzle pp. 73-98: Barry E Adler
Sequential versus Unitary Trials: An Economic Analysis pp. 99-134: William Landes
Self-Serving Assessments of Fairness and Pretrial Bargaining pp. 135-59: George Loewenstein, Samuel Issacharoff, Colin Camerer and Linda Babcock
Alcohol-Control Policies and Motor-Vehicle Fatalities pp. 161-86: Frank Chaloupka, Henry Saffer and Michael Grossman
Asymmetric Information and the Selection of Disputes for Litigation pp. 187-210: Keith N Hylton

Liability and the Incentive to Obtain Information about Risk pp. 259-70: Steven Shavell
Relational Contracts in the Courts: An Analysis of Incomplete Agreements and Judicial Strategies pp. 271-318: Alan Schwartz
Rule-Based Negligence and the Regulation of Activity Levels pp. 319-63: Stephen G Gilles
Optimal Sanctions When Individuals Are Imperfectly Informed about the Probability of Apprehension pp. 365-70: Lucian Bebchuk and Louis Kaplow
Some Implications of Damage Payments for Nonpecuniary Losses pp. 371-411: John Calfee and Paul Rubin
Should Defendants' Wealth Matter? pp. 413-29: Jennifer H Arlen
Debtholders and Equityholders pp. 431-48: Hideki Kanda
Of Harms and Benefits: Torts, Restitution, and Intellectual Property pp. 449-82: Wendy J Gordon

The Path to The T. J. Hooper: The Theory and History of Custom in the Law of Tort pp. 1-38: Richard A Epstein
Reconsidering Gratuitous Promises pp. 39-65: Andrew Kull
When Is Parody Fair Use? pp. 67-78: Richard Posner
Copyright Protection of Letters, Diaries, and Other Unpublished Works: An Economic Approach pp. 79-113: William Landes
Opting Out of the Legal System: Extralegal Contractual Relations in the Diamond Industry pp. 115-57: Lisa Bernstein
An Attempt at Measuring the Total Monetary Penalty from Drug Convictions: The Importance of an Individual's Reputation pp. 159-87: Lott, John R,
Adverse Selection and Long-Term Hazards: The Choice between Contract and Mandatory Liability Rules pp. 189-215: Steven N Wiggins and Al H Ringleb
Rent Extraction through Political Extortion: An Empirical Examination pp. 217-24: R Beck, C Hoskins and J M Connolly
Secured Debt under Conditions of Imperfect Information pp. 225-58: George G Triantis

Legal Policy and the Endowment Effect pp. 225-47: Herbert Hovenkamp
Recovery for Pure Economic Loss in Tort: Another Look at Robins Dry Dock v. Flint pp. 249-75: Victor P Goldberg
Risk Taking and Ruin: Bankruptcy and Investment Choice pp. 277-310: Susan Rose-Ackerman
A Simple Noncooperative Bargaining Model of Corporate Reorganizations pp. 311-49: Douglas G Baird and Randal C Picker
Holdouts and Free Riders pp. 351-62: Lloyd Cohen
Sequential Decisions by a Single Tortfeasor pp. 363-80: Lewis A Kornhauser and Richard L Revesz
Contingent Fees for Lawyers: The Impact on Litigation and Accident Prevention pp. 381-99: Thomas Miceli and Kathleen Segerson
An Economic Analysis of Altruism and Deferred Gifts pp. 401-21: Steven Shavell
The Economics of Woman Suffrage pp. 423-37: Ethel B Jones
Real Rates, Expected Rates, and Damage Awards pp. 439-62: Richard (Robin) Carter and John P Palmer
The Distribution of Posttrial Adjustments to Jury Awards pp. 463-81: Michael G Shanley

Fraudulent Conveyances, Agency Costs, and Leveraged Buyouts pp. 1-24: Douglas G Baird
Condominium and Cooperative Housing: Transactional Efficiency, Tax Subsidies, and Tenure Choice pp. 25-71: Henry Hansmann
Rent Extraction and Interest-Group Organization in a Coasean Model of Regulation pp. 73-90: Fred S McChesney
Legal Rules in Repeated Deals: Banking in the Shadow of Defection in Japan pp. 91-117: John Ramseyer
The Superiority of Comparative Negligence: Another Vote pp. 119-29: Daniel Orr
Congressional Influence and the Supreme Court: The Budget as a Signaling Device pp. 131-46: Eugenia Toma
The Dimensions of the Product Liability Crisis pp. 147-77: W Viscusi
Impossibility, Subjective Probability, and Punishment for Attempts pp. 179-86: David Friedman
Are Attorneys Paid What They're Worth? Contingent Fees and the Settlement Process pp. 187-223: Terry Thomason