The Journal of Legal Studies

1974 - 2025

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A Coasean Experiment on Contract Presumptions pp. 237-68: Stewart Schwab
Takings, Insurance, and Michelman: Comments on Economic Interpretations of "Just Compensation" Law pp. 269-93: William Fischel and Perry Shapiro
Accountable Accountants: Is Third-Party Liability Necessary? pp. 295-312: Victor P Goldberg
Dispute Resolution, Bargaining, and the Selection of Cases for Trial: A Study of the Generation of Biased and Unbiased Data pp. 313-52: Donald Wittman
Contract Breach and Contract Discharge Due to Impossibility: A Unified Theory pp. 353-76: Michelle J White
Measuring the Cost of Corporate Litigation: Five Case Studies pp. 377-99: Kathleen Engelmann and Bradford Cornell
Precontractual Investigation as an Optimal Precaution Problem pp. 401-36: Richard Craswell
Suing Solely to Extract a Settlement Offer pp. 437-50: Lucian Bebchuk
A Systematic Approach to Comparative Law: The Effect of Cost, Fee, and Financing Rules on the Development of the Substantive Law pp. 451-75: J Robert S Prichard

Does Altruism Produce Efficient Outcomes? Marshall versus Kaldor pp. 1-13: David Friedman
Common Law Control of Strategic Behavior: Railroad Sparks and the Farmer pp. 15-42: Mark F Grady
Criminal Justice Discretion as a Regulatory System pp. 43-82: Stephen J Schulhofer
Rent Seeking and the Restriction of Human Exchange pp. 83-100: Gary Michael Anderson, Charles Rowley and Robert Tollison
Product Liability Litigation with Risk Aversion pp. 101-21: W Viscusi
Legal Advice about Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality pp. 123-50: Steven Shavell
The Welfare Implications of Costly Litigation for the Level of Liability pp. 151-64: A. Mitchell Polinsky and Daniel L Rubinfeld
The Fairness of Tender Offer Prices in Utilitarian Theory pp. 165-96: Alan Schwartz
The Sole Owner Standard for Takeover Policy pp. 197-229: Lucian Bebchuk
The Sole Owner Standard Reviewed pp. 231-35: Alan Schwartz

The Selection of Disputes for Litigation pp. 1-56: George L. Priest and Benjamin Klein
Liability for Harm or Restitution for Benefit? pp. 57-80: Donald Wittman
Youth Homicide in New York: A Preliminary Analysis pp. 81-100: Franklin E. Zimring
The Shape of Reaction Functions and the Efficiency of Liability Rules: A Correction pp. 101-112: George B. Assaf
Holmes and Evolution: Legal Process as Artificial Intelligence pp. 113-146: E. Donald Elliott
Efficiency Implications of Penalties and Liquidated Damages pp. 147-168: Samuel Rea
The Effect of Minimum Drinking Age Legislation on Youthful Auto Fatalities, 1970-1977 pp. 169-190: Philip J Cook and George Tauchen
A Comment on Causal Apportionment pp. 191-208: David Kaye and Mikel Aickin

Law Enforcement, Malfeasance, and Compensation of Enforcers pp. 1-18: Gary Becker and George Stigler
The Economics of Bank Robbery pp. 19-52: Tim Ozenne
Sanctions for the Drinking Driver: An Experimental Study pp. 53-62: H. Laurence Ross and Murray Blumenthal
The Impact of the Private Foundation Provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1969: Early Empirical Measurements pp. 63-106: John R. Labovitz
Single Activity Accidents pp. 107-164: Peter Diamond
Defenses and Subsequent Pleas in a System of Strict Liability pp. 165-216: Richard A. Epstein
Strict Liability and Judicial Resources pp. 217-248: John C. Ver Steeg
Two Views of Procedure pp. 249-256: Donald Wittman
An Economic Analysis of Legal Rulemaking pp. 257-286: Isaac Ehrlich and Richard Posner