| Number | 902 |
| Subject | LAW AND ECONOMICS |
| Title | Law & Economics |
| Offered this year |
No |
| Instructor |
Prof. Yuko ARAYAMA
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| Other instructors |
['Visiting Faculty: Prof. Yoshiharu Matsuura (Law Faculty)'] |
| Format | Workshop |
| Term offered | 1 & 2 |
| Schedule | 5:00pm, Wed or as is posted on the syllabus |
| Credit | 2 |
| Course outline |
15 workshops (minimum) will be held in a year according to the workshop calendar. This workshop will pick up the following topics in Law & Economics to promote understandings on human behavior, Social contracts and legal structure in our modern society. The workshop will also invite several prominent scholars and practitioners in the field of law and economics to present their ideas. We also courage doctor level students to present his/her idea concerning their research project for doctorial thesis. Major Contents: Introduction: Law and Economic Activities Topic 1: Market Activities and Law Economic Behavior of Households and Firms Projection of Economic Activities to Law Topic 2: Property Rights and Property Law Institutional Arrangements of Law for Property An Economic Theory of Property Rights Topic 3: Contract Law Topics in the Economics of Contract Law An Economic Theory of Contract Topic 4: Tort Liability and Tort Law Automobile Accidents and Human Causalities Economics of Tort Liability Transaction Cost and Property Rights Topic 5: Special Topics in Law and Economics Transaction Cost and Economic Efficiency of Institutional Arrangements Abuse of Superior Bargaining Position: What is monopoly all about? F. Hayek and the Rule of Law |
| Course objective |
This workshop is organized by a faculty of Economics jointly with a faculty of Law to promote theoretical and practical understandings of legal regulations imposed on economic activities. |
| Textbooks | Law and Economics 4th ed. Robert COOTER & Thomas ULEN, Pearson, 2003. (Some copies are available from the Library of the Economics Faculty.) |
| Evaluation | Students in doctorial course are required one paper presentation for credit. Students in master course need to submit term paper for credit. Active participation to WS is highly preferable for higher evaluation. 成績評価については、大学院経済学研究科ハンドブックを参照のこと。 |
| Prerequisites | Workshop calendar can be checked at Home-Page of Graduate School of Economics. ワークショップの予定については、経済学研究科HPを参照のこと。 |
| Remarks | Dates of classes shown on the course plan are subject to change, from time to time, due to the convenience of guest speakers. Workshop calendar can be checked at Home-Page of Graduate School of Economics The same information will be available from the English Course Syllubus of the Graduate School of Law. 1st meeting to organize the seminar is to be held from 17:00 on April XX at No.4 Conference Room of the Graduate School of Economics. Those who plan to attend the seminar are asked to join the first meeting. The Conference Room No.4 is on the first floor of the pathway that connects the Economics Building to the Law Building. |