Category Archives: Tort Law

Harry Potter and the Trouble with Tort Theory

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Scott Hershovitz

Imagine that upon graduation from Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Harry Potter goes to law school. As a 1L, he takes torts from a professor with an economist’s view of the institution. She teaches Potter that tort law aims to minimize the sum of the costs of accidents and… Read More » Continue reading →

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Commensurability and Agency

Posted on April 29, 2011 by Alon Harel

Introduction
In this Editorial we focus our attention on two concerns for Law and Economics (LE). The first relates to commensurability and the second focuses on agency. Both concerns are central to LE. The first concern questions the dominant method LE uses for making substantive decisions. The second concern challenges… Read More » Continue reading →

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