Course ID
019551
Course Description
Policymakers and lawyers regularly use economic tools to analyze various legal issues and disputes. The employed methodologies include cost-benefit analyses, game-theoretic analyses, behavioral economic analyses, econometric estimations, and others. This course introduces the fundamentals of economic analysis of law. The goal of the course is to familiarize the students with some of the major economic issues faced by decision makers, lawyers and economists while addressing basic legal topics and the prime economic tools employed in these contexts. More specifically, the course will explore several economic methods and concepts and apply them to illuminate and critique familiar areas of law, including property, contracts, torts, criminal law, and the legal process.
Min Units
2
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
ALT - Alternative Grading +/- A,B,C,D,E,S,P,F
Career
Law
Course Requisites
May be convened with
Component
Workshop
Optional Component
No