The Journal of Legal Studies

1974 - 2025

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What Is Privacy Worth? pp. 249 - 274: Alessandro Acquisti, Leslie K. John and George Loewenstein
A Fundamental Enforcement Cost Advantage of the Negligence Rule over Regulation pp. 275 - 302: Steven Shavell
Case-by-Case Adjudication and the Path of the Law pp. 303 - 330: Anthony Niblett
Does Separation of Powers Promote Stability and Moderation? pp. 331 - 368: Matthew C. Stephenson
Does Information about Arbitrators' Win/Loss Ratios Improve Their Accuracy? pp. 369 - 397: Alon Klement and Zvika Neeman
Jury Size and the Hung-Jury Paradox pp. 399 - 422: Barbara Luppi and Francesco Parisi

Conceptualizing Contractual Interpretation pp. 1 - 34: Alan Schwartz and Joel Watson
Testing for Change in Procedural Standards, with Application to Bell Atlantic v. Twombly pp. 35 - 68: William H. J. Hubbard
Negligence, Strict Liability, and Collective Action pp. 69 - 82: David Gilo, Ehud Guttel and Erez Yuval
Detecting and Punishing Unconscious Bias pp. 83 - 110: Philip E. Tetlock, Gregory Mitchell and L. Jason Anastasopoulos
The Law and Policy of Judicial Retirement: An Empirical Study pp. 111 - 150: Stephen J. Choi, Mitu Gulati and Eric A. Posner
Strategic Citations to Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court pp. 151 - 186: Yonatan Lupu and James H. Fowler
Assessing the Contribution of the Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill to Growth in the U.S. Incarceration Rate pp. 187 - 222: Steven Raphael and Michael A. Stoll
Discovery and Disclosure with Asymmetric Information and Endogenous Expenditure at Trial pp. 223 - 247: Amy Farmer and Paul Pecorino

Do Lawyers Really Believe Their Own Hype, and Should They? A Natural Experiment pp. 239 - 267: Zev J. Eigen and Yair Listokin
The Economics of Necessity pp. 269 - 289: Keith N. Hylton
Who Should Be Immune from Tort Liability? pp. 291 - 319: Gerrit De Geest
Evidence of Discrimination pp. 321 - 346: Nicola Persico
Do Judges Vary in Their Treatment of Race? pp. 347 - 383: David Abrams, Marianne Bertrand and Sendhil Mullainathan
The Evolution of Gender Employment Rate Differentials within Racial Groups in the United States pp. 385 - 418: Candace Hamilton Hester, Chris Meyer and Steven Raphael
Racial Disparities in Wiretap Applications before Federal Judges pp. 419 - 458: Thomas J. Miles
Subjective and Objective Indicators of Racial Progress pp. 459 - 493: Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers

When Is Compliance with the Law Socially Desirable? pp. 1 - 36: Steven Shavell
The Public Utility Pyramids pp. 37 - 66: Paul G. Mahoney
When and Why Individuals Obey Contracts: Experimental Evidence of Consent, Compliance, Promise, and Performance pp. 67 - 93: Zev J. Eigen
Prosecution Associations in Industrial Revolution England: Private Providers of Public Goods? pp. 95 - 130: Mark Koyama
Human Rights Violations after 9/11 and the Role of Constitutional Constraints pp. 131 - 164: Benedikt Goderis and Mila Versteeg
Loss Aversion, Omission Bias, and the Burden of Proof in Civil Litigation pp. 165 - 207: Eyal Zamir and Ilana Ritov
Game-Theoretic Bankruptcy Valuation pp. 209 - 238: Barry E. Adler

Bargaining with Double Jeopardy pp. 273 - 293: Saul Levmore and Ariel Porat
Judicial Expenditures and Litigation Access: Evidence from Auto Injuries pp. 295 - 332: Paul Heaton and Eric Helland
Does Law Matter? Theory and Evidence from Single-Subject Adjudication pp. 333 - 365: Michael D. Gilbert
The Economics of International Refugee Law pp. 367 - 404: Ryan Bubb, Michael Kremer and David Levine
Do Standards of Review Matter? The Case of Federal Criminal Sentencing pp. 405 - 437: Joshua B. Fischman and Max M. Schanzenbach
Soft Negligence Standards and the Strategic Choice of Firm Size pp. 439 - 466: Juan-José Ganuza and Fernando Gomez
The Multiple-Stage Process of Judicial Review: Facial and As-Applied Constitutional Challenges to Legislation before the U.S. Supreme Court pp. 467 - 502: Stefanie A. Lindquist and Pamela C. Corley

Household Consumption and Personal Bankruptcy pp. 1 - 37: Ning Zhu
An Institutionalization Effect: The Impact of Mental Hospitalization and Imprisonment on Homicide in the United States, 1934-2001 pp. 39 - 83: Bernard E. Harcourt
Judicial Deference to Inconsistent Agency Statutory Interpretations pp. 85 - 113: Yehonatan Givati and Matthew C. Stephenson
The Right to Withdraw in Contract Law pp. 115 - 148: Omri Ben-Shahar and Eric A. Posner
International Trade, National Treatment, and Domestic Regulation pp. 149 - 203: Robert Staiger and Alan O. Sykes
Motions for Lead Plaintiff in Securities Class Actions pp. 205 - 244: Stephen J. Choi
Optimal Remedies for Bilateral Contracts pp. 245 - 271: Francesco Parisi, Barbara Luppi and Vincy Fon
Tribute to Eric Posner pp. iii - iii: Thomas J. Miles and Omri Ben-Shahar

The Evolution of a Legal Rule pp. 325 - 358: Anthony Niblett, Richard Posner and Andrei Shleifer
Bayesian Contractual Interpretation pp. 359 - 374: Yair Listokin
Consent and Exchange pp. 375 - 397: Oren Bar-Gill and Lucian Arye Bebchuk
Witness Intimidation pp. 399 - 432: Brendan O'Flaherty and Rajiv Sethi
Inferring the Winning Party in the Supreme Court from the Pattern of Questioning at Oral Argument pp. 433 - 467: Lee Epstein, William Landes and Richard Posner
Decoupling as Transactions Tax pp. 469 - 496: Nuno Garoupa and Chris Sanchirico
Punitive Damages in Securities Arbitration: An Empirical Study pp. 497 - 546: Stephen J. Choi and Theodore Eisenberg
Borrowing and Nonborrowing among International Courts pp. 547 - 576: Erik Voeten

A Theory of Loopholes pp. 1-31: Leo Katz
Saving Your Home in Chapter 13 Bankruptcy pp. 33-61: Michelle J. White and Ning Zhu
On the Design of the Appeals Process: The Optimal Use of Discretionary Review versus Direct Appeal pp. 63-108: Steven Shavell
Attorneys as Arbitrators pp. 109-157: Stephen J. Choi, Jill E. Fisch and A. C. Pritchard
The Fashion Lottery: Cooperative Innovation in Stochastic Markets pp. 159-200: Jonathan M. Barnett, Gilles Grolleau and Sana Harbi
An Empirical Study of Compensation Paid in Eminent Domain Settlements: New York City, 1990-2002 pp. 201-244: Yun-chien Chang
Revisiting the Debate over Attorneys' Contingent Fees: A Behavioral Analysis pp. 245-288: Eyal Zamir and Ilana Ritov
The Market Reaction to Legal Shocks and Their Antidotes: Lessons from the Sovereign Debt Market pp. 289-324: Michael Bradley, James D. Cox and Mitu Gulati