Advanced Law and Economics Institutes

By concentrating on a specific field, the Advanced Institutes allow judges to explore a timely and relevant topic while increasing the depth of their analysis.

Program Descriptions

Environmental Economics
September 21-23, 2009

This course considers the economic foundations of state and federal environmental regulations. After an introduction to property rights economics and the tragedy of the commons, the economics of various approaches to environmental regulation are explored through an analysis of common law cases and regulatory programs.

• Agenda
• Readings
  • Keith N. Hylton, The Economics of Public Nuisance Law and the New Enforcement Actions, Working Paper No. 2008-034. Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth (2008).
  • David A. Dana, The Mismatch Between Public Nuisance Law and Global Warming, Working Paper No. 2008-033. Searle Center on Law, Regulation, and Economic Growth (2008).
  • MASSACHUSETTS v. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (Environmental Regulation, Dana).
  • Setting Environmental Priorities: The Promise Of A Bureaucratic Solution (Environmental Regulation, Dana).
  • Cass Sunstein, Cost-Benefit Analysis and the Environment, JOHN M. OLIN LAW & ECONOMICS WORKING PAPER NO. 227 (Environmental Regulation, Dana).
  • Terry L. Anderson & Laura E. Huggins, Property Rights: A Practical Guide to Freedom and Prosperity (new Hoover Classics edition)
    • Foreword
    • Acknowledgments
    • Introduction to the Hoover Classics Edition
      
    • What Are Property Rights?
    • What Do Property Rights Do?
    • Where Do Property Rights Come From?
    • How Secure Are Property Rights?
    • Will Property Rights Be Preserved?
    • References
    • About the Authors
    • Index
  • Robert N. Stavins, Market-Based Environmental Policies (August 2003).
  • Parry & Pizer, Combating Global Warming, Regulation (Fall 2007).
  • Letters to the Editor in response to Parry & Pizer in Regulation (Winter 2008)
  • Kiesling & Chassin, Decentralized Coordination, The Electricity Journal (October 2008).
  • Kevin Bullis, Intelligent Electricity, Technology Review (Sept./Oct. 2009).

Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance
March 2-4, 2009 | Agenda

Quantitative Methods - Statistics and Econometrics
March 2-4, 2009 | Agenda

Risk, Injury, Liability and Insurance
January 19-21, 2009 | Agenda

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