Coase-Sandor Working Paper Series in Law and Economics
Submissions from 2008
After Innocence: Framing Wrongful Convictions, Susan A. Bandes, 379
The Heart Has Its Reasons: Examining the Strange Persistence of the American Death Penalty, Susan A. Bandes, 378
A Bargaining Power Theory of Gap-Filling, Omri Ben-Shahar, 416
How to Repair Unconscionable Contracts, Omri Ben-Shahar, 417
The Myth of the ‘Opportunity to Read’ in Contract Law, Omri Ben-Shahar, 415
Happiness and Punishment, John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco, and Jonathan Masur, 424
Hedonic Adaptation and the Settlement of Civil Lawsuits, John Bronsteen, Christopher Buccafusco, and Jonathan Masur, 391
Liability for Lapses: First or Second Order Negligence?, Robert D. Cooter and Ariel Porat, 435
Belief in a Just World, Blaming the Victim, and Hate Crime Statutes, Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa, and Richard H. McAdams, 438
Bell Atlantic v. Twombly: How Motions to Dismiss Become (Disguised) Summary Judgments, Richard A. Epstein, 403
Decentralized Responses to Good Fortune and Bad Luck, Richard A. Epstein, 383
How to Create—or Destroy—Wealth in Real Property, Richard A. Epstein, 384
Public Use in a Post-Kelo World, Richard A. Epstein, 408
Some Reflections on Custom in the IP Universe, Richard A. Epstein, 382
The Disintegration of Intellectual Property, Richard A. Epstein, 423
The Human and Economic Dimensions of Altruism: The Case of Organ Transplantation, Richard A. Epstein, 385
The Many Faces of Fault in Contract Law: Or How to Do Economics Right, Richard A. Epstein, 445
The Property Rights Movement and Intellectual Property, Richard A. Epstein, 381
Adjusting Alienabillity, Lee Anne Fennell, 443
Slices and Lumps, Lee Anne Fennell, 395
Guarding the Guardians: Judicial Councils and Judicial Independence, Nuno Garoupa and Tom Ginsburg, 444
Abolition in the U.S.A. by 2050: On Political Capital and Ordinary Acts of Resistance, Bernard E. Harcourt, 434
Neoliberal Penality: The Birth of Natural Order, the Illusion of Free Markets, Bernard E. Harcourt, 433
Aggregating Probabilities across Offences in Criminal Law, Alon Harel and Ariel Porat, 390
Optimal Remedies for Patent Infringement: A Transactional Model, Paul J. Heald, 431
Testing the Over- and Under-Exploitation Hypothesis: Bestselling Musical Compositions (1913-32) and Their Use in Cinema (1968-2007), Paul J. Heald, 429
The Impotence of Delaware's Taxes: A Short Response to Professor Barzuza's Delaware's Compentation, M. Todd Henderson, 439
One Hat Too Many? Investment Desegregation in Private Equity, M. Todd Henderson and William A. Birdthistle, 427
Introduction to ‘The Going Private Phenomenon: Causes and Implications’, M. Todd Henderson and Richard A. Epstein, 430
Corporate Philanthropy and the Market for Altruism, M. Todd Henderson and Anup Malani, 399
Predicting Crime, M. Todd Henderson, Justin Wolfers, and Eric Zitzewitz, 402
Controlling the Cost of Medical Care: A Dose of Deregulation, David A. Hyman and Richard A. Epstein, 418
Privatizing Trademarks, Irina Manta, 428
Process as Purpose: Administrative Procedure, Costly Screens and Examination at the Patent Office, Jonathan Masur, 393
A Nation Divided: Eastern China, Western China, and the Problem of Global Warming, Jonathan Masur and Daniel Abebe, 426
Beyond the Prisoner's Dilemma: Coordination, Game Theory and the Law, Richard H. McAdams, 437
Coordinating in the Shadow of the Law: Two Contextualized Tests of the Focal Point Theory of Legal Compliance, Richard H. McAdams and Janice Nadler, 406
Behavioral Criminal Law and Economics, Richard H. McAdams and Thomas S. Ulen, 440
Documenting Discrimination?, Thomas J. Miles and Adam B. Cox, 410
Judicial Ideology and the Transformation of Voting Rights Jurisprudence, Thomas J. Miles and Adam B. Cox, 425
Which States Enter into Treaties, and Why?, Thomas J. Miles and Eric A. Posner, 420
Scienter Disclosure, Karl Muller, Alan Jagolinzer, and M. Todd Henderson, 411
Taxes and the Success of Non-Tax Market-Based Environmental Regulatory Regimes, Jonathan Remy Nash, 412
The Uneasy Case for Transjurisdictional Adjudication, Jonathan Remy Nash, 409
Deadlines in Administrative Law, Anne Joseph O'Connell and Jacob Gersen, 380
Competition and Privacy in the Web 2.0 and the Cloud, Randal C. Picker, 414
Fair Use v. Fair Access, Randal C. Picker, 392
Take Two: Stare Decisis in Antitrust/The Per Se Rule against Horizontal Price-Fixing, Randal C. Picker, 398
Twombly, Leegin and the Reshaping of Antitrust, Randal C. Picker, 389
A Comparative Fault Defense in Contract Law, Ariel Porat, 436
Expanding Restitution: Liability for Unrequested Benefits, Ariel Porat, 388
Does Political Bias in the Judiciary Matter?: Implications of Judicial Bias Studies for Legal and Constitutional Reform, Eric A. Posner, 377
Erga Omnes Norms, Institutionalization, and Constitutionalism in International Law, Eric A. Posner, 419
Fault in Contract Law, Eric A. Posner, 396
Human Welfare, Not Human Rights, Eric A. Posner, 394
Which States Have the Best (and Worst) High Courts?, Eric A. Posner, Stephen J. Choi, and G. Mitu Gulati, 405
Crisis Governance in the Administrative State: 9/11 and the Financial Meltdown of 2008, Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule, 442
Rational Judicial Behavior: A Statistical Study, Richard A. Posner and William M. Landes, 404
Adolescent Risk-Taking and Social Meaning: A Commentary, Cass R. Sunstein, 386
Beyond Judicial Minimalism, Cass R. Sunstein, 432
Is OSHA Unconstitutional?, Cass R. Sunstein, 397
Judging National Security post-9/11: An Empirical Investigation, Cass R. Sunstein, 441
Second Amendment Minimalism: Heller as Griswold, Cass R. Sunstein, 422
Trimming, Cass R. Sunstein, 421
Two Conceptions of Irreversible Environmental Harm, Cass R. Sunstein, 407
Four Failures of Deliberating Groups, Cass R. Sunstein and Reid Hastie, 401
Depoliticizing Administrative Law, Cass R. Sunstein and Thomas J. Miles, 413
Conspiracy Theories, Cass R. Sunstein and Adrian Vermeule, 387
Overreaction to Fearsome Risks, Cass R. Sunstein and Richard Zeckhauser, 446
Submissions from 2007
Optimal Bail and the Value of Freedom: Evidence from the Philadelphia Bail Experiment, David Abrams and Chris Rohlfs, 343
Controlling Avian Influenza in Chickens, Maciej Boni, Anup Malani, Abraham Wickelgren, and Ramanan Laxminarayan, 369
Homeownership 2.0, Lee Anne Fennell, 366
The Fiscal Consequences of Electoral Institutions, Jacob Gersen and Christopher R. Berry, 344
A Reader’s Companion to Against Prediction: A Reply to Ariela Gross, Yoram Margalioth, and Yoav Sapir, Bernard E. Harcourt, 350
From the Asylum to the Prison: Rethinking the Incarceration Revolution. Part II: State Level Analysis, Bernard E. Harcourt, 335
Judge Richard Posner on Civil Liberties: Pragmatic Authoritarian Libertarian, Bernard E. Harcourt, 331
Deconstructing Duff and Phelps, M. Todd Henderson, 338
Everything Old Is New Again: Lessons from Dodge v. Ford Motor Company, M. Todd Henderson, 373
From Seriatim to Consensus and Back Again: A Theory of Dissent, M. Todd Henderson, 363
Other People's Money, M. Todd Henderson and Douglas G. Baird, 359
Inefficient Customs in International Law, Eugene Kontorovich, 334
What Standing Is Good For, Eugene Kontorovich, 333
Valuing Laws as Local Amenities, Anup Malani, 341
Reforming Entrapment Doctrine in United States v. Hollingsworth, Richard H. McAdams, 362
The Economic Costs of Inequality, Richard H. McAdams, 370
Judging the Voting Rights Act, Thomas J. Miles and Adam B. Cox, 337
Economic Efficiency versus Public Choice: The Case of Property Rights in Road Traffic, Jonathan Remy Nash, 374
An Empirical Investigation into Appellate Structure and the Perceived Quality of Appellate Review, Rafael I. Pardo and Jonathan Remy Nash, 367
Of Pirates and Puffy Shirts: A Comment on ‘The Piracy Paradox: Innovation and Intellectual Property in Fashion Design, Randal C. Picker, 328
Pulling a Rabbi Out of His Hat: The Bankruptcy Magic of Dick Posner, Randal C. Picker, 330
Climate Change and International Human Rights Litigation: A Critical Appraisal, Eric A. Posner, 329
Happiness Research and Cost-Benefit Analysis, Eric A. Posner and Matthew D. Adler, 345
A Critique of the Odious Debt Doctrine, Eric A. Posner and Albert H. Choi, 323
Timing Rules and Legal Institutions, Eric A. Posner and Jacob Gersen, 347
Are Judges Overpaid?: A Skeptical Response to the Judicial Salary Debate, Eric A. Posner, G. Mitu Gulati, and Stephen J. Choi, 376
Professionals or Politicians: The Uncertain Empirical Case for an Elected Rather than Appointed Judiciary, Eric A. Posner, G. Mitu Gulati, and Stephen J. Choi, 357
Constitutional Showdowns, Eric A. Posner and Adrian Vermeule, 348
The Economics of Presidential Pardons and Commutations, Richard A. Posner and William M. Landes, 320
The Prime Directive, Robert K. Rasmussen and Douglas G. Baird, 339
’Don't Try This at Home’: Posner as Political Economist, Lior Strahilevitz, 351
