Front Matter
Editorial Staff

State Law, Shareholder Protection, and the Theory of the Corporation
Ralph K. Winter Jr.

Fear of Deterrence: A Critical Evaluation of the "Report of the Panel on Research on Deterrent and Incapacitative Effects"
Isaac Ehrlich and Randall Mark

Determinants of the Death Rate from Robbery: A Detroit Time Study
Franklin E. Zimring

A Study of Sentencing in the Hennepin County and Ramsey County District Courts
William M. Rhodes

The Influence of Representation on Public Policy
W. Mark Crain and Robert D. Tollison

Forced Busing and the Demand for Private Schooling
Claude H. Farrell, David N. Hyman, and Loren A. Ihnen

Retroactive Law
Stephen R. Munzer

Adam Smith and the Problem of Justice in Capitalist Society
Donald J. Devine

Gratuitous Promises in Economics and Law
Richard A. Posner

An Empirical Study of the Federal Summary Judgment Rule
William P. Mclauchlan

Timing in Personal Taxation
William A. Klein