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sidenav header background法律经济学——2013年春季学期双学位课程介绍
发布日期:2013-02-25 12:37 来源:北京大学国家发展研究院
课程简介本课程(“法律经济学01班”)是为本科双学位学生开设的任选课。它利用精选的习惯法判例和经典学术论文,通过苏格拉底式的讨论,向学生传授普适的经济分析原理,并示范运用经济学原理分析法律和管制现象的独特视角。欢迎对经济学、法学和公共政策感兴趣的同学选修。
本课程假定选修的同学已经通过 了“经济学原理”的考试。由于阅读材料为英文且数量较大,建议同学们一开始就组成3-5人的学习小组,充分利用团队的力量,克服可能存在的困难。课堂讨论 和考试用中文。期末总评成绩,由一次期中闭卷考试(占30%)、期末闭卷考试(占50%)和平时成绩(含两篇平时作业,共占20%)构成。
上课时间和地点:
2013年2月27日 – 2013年5月29日
每周三和周日:5:40pm – 7:30pm,二教室102室
答疑时间和地点:
时间:周一上午,朗润园702室
OverviewThis course teaches the students economic way of thinking by subjecting the phenomenon of law and regulation in their broadest sense to economic analysis. Though a lot of materials used in this course are related to U.S. common law, this is not a course in law. Rather, it is a course introducing the universal economic analysis and its use in examining the phenomenon of law and regulation. Anyone who is interested in learning economics and its application is welcome to take the course.
RequirementThe students are assumed to have sound understanding of basic microeconomics by completing the course of “Economics Principles.” No prior knowledge of law is required, though is surely beneficial. Reading load is demanding, not only because almost all of them are in English but also because they are rather voluminous. It is highly encouraged for the students to form study groups in size of 3-5 persons from the very beginning of the semester and stick to that so to take full advantage of the teamwork.
LanguageAlmost all readings are in English, while lectures, discussions and examinations shall be conducted in Chinese.
Textbook and Readings1. Butler, H., and Drahozal, C., Economic Analysis for Lawyers, 2nd Edition, Carolina Academic Press
2. Cooter, R., and Ulen, T., Law and Economics, 5th / 6th Edition, Pearson Addison-Wesley
3. Supplementary handouts
4. The Concise Encyclopedia Economics http://www.econlib.org/library/CEE.html
AssignmentAmong others, each student shall turn in two term papers.
GradesThe final grade will be based upon a closed-book mid-term exam (30 percent each), a closed-book final exam (50 percent), and term papers as well as classroom performance (20 percent).
Major Topics1. Property Right Law
2. Tort Law
3. Contract Law
4. Antitrust Law
5. Constitutional Economics
6. Legal Procedure and Evolution of Law
NoteMy lecture does not simply replicate materials available in the required textbook and handouts. Students should take careful notes since my lecture comprises important elements of the course and part of the examinable syllabus.
Reading ListThe Perspective from Economics
1. Bastiat, What is Seen and What is not Seen
2. Jesen, The Nature of Man
3. Kitch, The Intellectual Foundation of Law and Economics
4. Alchian, Uncertainty, Evolution, and Economic Theory
The Enterprise of Law and Economics
1. Kitch, The Fire of Truth A Remembrance of Law and Economics at Chicago
2. Manne, How Law and Economics was Marketed in a Hostile World
Choice, Cost, and Discrimination
1. Alchian, Cost
2. Alchian, Rent
3. Alchian & Kessel, Competition, Monopoly, and the Pursuit of Money
Price
1. Hayek, The Use of Knowledge in Society
2. Cheung, A Theory of Price Control
Property Law
1. Alchian, Property Rights
2. Coase, The Problem of Social Cost
3. Cheung, The Fable of the Bees
4. Anderson, Friends or Foes, Market and the Environment
Tort Law
1. Calabresi, Property Rules, Liability Rules, and Inalienability, One View of the Cathedral
2. Krauss, Property Rules vs. Liability Rules
Contract Law
1. Akerlof, The Market for Lemons
2. Klein, The Role of Market Forces in Assuring Contractual Performance
3. Klein, Transaction Cost Determinants of Unfair Contractual Arrangements
4. Priest, The Current Insurance Crisis and Modern Tort Law
Family
1. Cohen, Marriage, Divorce, and Quasi Rents or, I Gave Him the Best Years of My Life
2. Cheung, The Enforcement of Property Rights in Children, and the Marriage Contract
Antitrust Law
1. Coase, Durability and Monopoly
2. Director, Law and the Future Trade Regulation
Regulations
1. Tullock, Rent Seeking
2. Tullock, The Transitional Gain Trap
Legal Procedure
1. Tullock, Juries
Instructor:
Zhaofeng Xue (薛兆丰), Ph.D.
Research Fellow & Co-Director
Institute for Law and Economics
National School of Development
Unit 702, NSD, Peking University
010-62752434
Office Hour: Monday Morning
zxue@nsd.pku.edu.cn
http://xuezhaofeng.com
Assistants:
Li, Anning (李安宁),lianning0516@gmail.com
Feng, Shi (冯时),lindafengshi@gmail.com
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