The Journal of Legal Studies

1974 - 2025

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2006 Ronald H. Coase Prize pp. iii-iii: Posner
Murky Waters: The Law and Economics of Salvaging Historic Shipwrecks pp. 285-302: Paul Hallwood and Thomas Miceli
Conflict or Credibility: Research Analyst Conflicts of Interest and the Market for Underwriting Business pp. 303-325: James C. Spindler
Does Wrongful Conviction Lower Deterrence? pp. 327-337: Henrik Lando
A Strategic Interpretation of Legal Transplants pp. 339-363: Nuno Garoupa and Anthony Ogus
Asbestos Litigation: Procedural Innovations and Forum Shopping pp. 365-398: Michelle J. White
The Effect of Judicial Independence on Courts: Evidence from the American States pp. 399-440: Daniel Berkowitz and Karen Clay
Public Policies and Private Decisions: The Effect of Child Support Measures on Marriage and Divorce pp. 441-474: Vicky Barham, Rose Anne Devlin and Jie Yang
A Demand-Side Theory of Antitakeover Defenses pp. 475-524: Sharon Hannes

The Appeals Process and Adjudicator Incentives pp. 1-29: Steven Shavell
The Unreluctant Litigant? An Empirical Analysis of Japan’s Turn to Litigation pp. 31-59: Tom Ginsburg and Glenn Hoetker
Product Defects and the Value of the Firm in Japan: The Impact of the Product Liability Law pp. 61-84: Sumiko Takaoka
The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit’s Impact on Patent Litigation pp. 85-117: Matthew D. Henry and John Turner
Demand for a Jury Trial and the Selection of Cases for Trial pp. 119-142: Joni Hersch
Divorce Laws and the Structure of the American Family pp. 143-174: Stéphane Mechoulan
Subsidizing Addiction: Do State Health Insurance Mandates Increase Alcohol Consumption? pp. 175-198: Jonathan Klick and Thomas Stratmann
Debiasing through Law pp. 199-242: Christine Jolls and Cass Sunstein
Does the U.S. Constitution Need an Equal Rights Amendment? pp. 243-283: Lisa Baldez, Lee Epstein and Andrew D. Martin

Who Should Pay for Bankruptcy Costs? pp. 295-341: Arturo Bris, Alan Schwartz and Ivo Welch
The Effects of Seeking Punitive Damages on the Processing of Tort Claims pp. 343-369: Thomas A. Eaton, David Mustard and Susette M. Talarico
Discrimination and Nepotism: The Efficiency of the Anonymity Rule pp. 371-396: Chaim Fershtman, Uri Gneezy and Frank Verboven
Juror Understanding of DNA Evidence: An Empirical Assessment of Presentation Formats for Trace Evidence with a Relatively Small Random-Match Probability pp. 395-444: Dale A. Nance and Scott B. Morris
How Do Changes in Welfare Law Affect Domestic Violence? An Analysis of Connecticut Towns, 1990â€“2000 pp. 445-470: Jennifer Nou and Christopher Timmins
Enforcement, Private Political Pressure, and the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade/World Trade Organization Escape Clause pp. 471-513: Kyle Bagwell and Robert Staiger
Trade Remedies and World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement: Why Are So Few Challenged? pp. 515-555: Chad Bown
Power Plays and Capacity Constraints: The Selection of Defendants in World Trade Organization Disputes pp. 557-598: Andrew T. Guzman and Beth A. Simmons
Is the International Court of Justice Biased? pp. 599-630: Eric A. Posner and Miguel F. P. de Figueiredo
Public versus Private Enforcement of International Economic Law: Standing and Remedy pp. 631-666: Alan O. Sykes

The Dirt on Coming Clean: Perverse Effects of Disclosing Conflicts of Interest pp. 1-25: Daylian M. Cain, George Loewenstein and Don A. Moore
Recollection Bias and the Combat of Terrorism pp. 27-55: W Viscusi and Richard Zeckhauser
Racial and Sex Disparities in Prison Sentences: The Effect of District-Level Judicial Demographics pp. 57-92: Max Schanzenbach
Words That Kill? An Economic Model of the Influence of Speech on Behavior (with Particular Reference to Hate Speech) pp. 93-136: Dhammika Dharmapala and Richard H. McAdams
Civil Litigation with Mandatory Discovery and Voluntary Transmission of Private Information pp. 137-159: Amy Farmer and Paul Pecorino
Asset Securitization and Asymmetric Information pp. 161-206: Edward M. Iacobucci and Ralph Winter
The Filtering Effect of Sharing Rules pp. 207-237: Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci and Gerrit De Geest
Bilateral Accidents with Intrinsically Interdependent Costs of Precaution pp. 239-272: Dhammika Dharmapala and Sandra Hoffmann
The Effect of Ownership Structure on Insurance Company Litigation Strategy pp. 273-294: Dana A. Kerr

Who Shall Live and Who Shall Die? An Analysis of Prisoners on Death Row in the United States pp. 255-282: Laura M. Argys and Naci Mocan
Murders of Passion, Execution Delays, and the Deterrence of Capital Punishment pp. 283-321: Joanna M. Shepherd
Should Plaintiffs Win What Defendants Lose? Litigation Stakes, Litigation Effort, and the Benefits of Decoupling pp. 323-354: Albert Choi and Chris Sanchirico
The Effect of Bad-Faith Laws on First-Party Insurance Claims Decisions pp. 355-390: Mark J. Browne, Ellen S. Pryor and Bob Puelz
The Law of Duress and the Economics of Credible Threats pp. 391-430: Oren Bar-Gill and Omri Ben-Shahar
Learning about Judicial Independence: Institutional Change in the State Courts pp. 431-473: F. Andrew Hanssen
The Economic Ascent of the Middle East’s Religious Minorities: The Role of Islamic Legal Pluralism pp. 475-515: Timur Kuran
The Public Choice of Elder Abuse Law pp. 517-549: Margaret F. Brinig, Gerald Jogerst, Jeanette Daly, Gretchen Schmuch and Jeffrey Dawson

Punitive Damages: How Judges and Juries Perform pp. 1-36: Joni Hersch and W Viscusi
When Ignorance Is Bliss: Information Exchange and Inefficiency in Bargaining pp. 37-58: George Loewenstein and Don A. Moore
Measuring Secrecy: A Cost of the Patent System Revealed pp. 59-84: Jeremy M. Grushcow
Felon Disenfranchisement and Voter Turnout pp. 85-129: Thomas J. Miles
An Empirical Analysis of Bargaining with Voluntary Transmission of Private Information pp. 131-156: Paul Pecorino and Mark Van Boening
Decreasing-Liability Contracts pp. 157-197: Robert Cooter and Ariel Porat
Measurement and Tax Depreciation Policy: The Case of Short-Term Intangibles pp. 199-229: David A. Weisbach
Do the Sentencing Guidelines Influence the Retirement Decisions of Federal Judges? pp. 231-253: Richard T. Boylan