FE486L Law and Economics
Readings
You will be required to complete X
of the 11.
(1)
Chapter
2: Of
Bees and Lighthouses The Economist 23 February 1991, 72-73 and “Honeybees
Market for Pollination Services Grows” by Betty Joyce Nash in the Richmond
Fed’s Region Focus Spring 2009.
Writing assignment #1 due 11 Jan 2013.
(2)
Chapter
4: “Tragedy
of the Commons” Thomas Hardin (1968) Science, vol
162, 1243 – 1248 and
"Holdouts,
Externalities, and the Single Owner: One More Salute to Ronald Coase*" by Richard Epstein (1993) Journal of Law
and Economics, vol 36, 553 – 586.
Writing assignment #2 due 18 Jan 2013.
(3)
Chapter
5: Leggo My Ego by Tim Wu, 2005, Slate.
Writing assignment #3 due 11 Feb 2013.
(4)
Chapter
5: The
Kelo Case, Public Use, and Eminent Domain – Posner Comment
6/26/2005 and On
Eminent Domain – Becker 6/27/2005
Writing assignment #4 due 15 Feb 2013.
(5)
Chapter
6: Is
Pinto a Criminal? By Richard Epstein (1980) Regulation March/April 15 – 21.
Writing assignment #5 due 20 Feb 2013.
(6)
Chapter
6: The Mc Donald’s coffee lawsuit by Kevin Cain Journal of
Consumer & Commercial Law
Writing assignment #6 due 22 Feb 2013.
(7)
Chapter
9 Hawkins v. McGee, 84 N.H.
114 (1929) .
Writing assignment #8 due 29 March
2013.
(8)
Chapter
12 Why Crime Fell in
the 1990’s: Four Factors that Explain the Decline and Six that Do Not by Steven
D. Levitt (2004) Journal of Economic Perspectives, 18(1), 163-190.
Writing assignment #9 due 12 April
2013.