法律经济学——2010年秋季学期双学位课程介绍及教师简介

发布日期:2010-09-01 12:21    来源:北京大学国家发展研究院

Law and Economics

Syllabus

课程简介

这是为本科双学位学生开设的任选课。通过阅读经精心节选的真实的习惯法判例和经典学术论文,以及通过苏格拉底式的讨论,本课程向学生传授普适的经济分析原理,并示范如何使用这些原理来深刻分析各门类的法律和管制现象。欢迎任何对经济学、法学和公共政策感兴趣的同学选修。

本课程不需要法律和经济学基础,但需要刻苦阅读,因为阅读材料为英文,且数量较大。

同学们宜尽早组成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。总评成绩由两次各1 小时的期中闭卷考试(各占20%)、2 小时的期末闭卷考试(占40%)和20%课堂表现构成。

 

Overview

This 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. Nor is it a course about economic laws. Instead, 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 may take it.

 

Requirement

No prior knowledge of either law or economics is required, though a sound understanding of basic microeconomics is surely beneficial. Readings will be 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.

 

Language

Almost all readings are in English, while lectures, discussions and examinations shall be conducted in Chinese.

 

Textbook and Readings

1. Butler, H., and Drahozal, C., Economic Analysis for Lawyers, 2nd Edition, Carolina Academic Press

2. Supplementary handouts

 

Assignment

Among others, each student will be assigned, or volunteer, two court cases or academic papersto be presented in the class. Each presentation is in two parts: (1) summary of the case/paper and (2) Q&A, each of which is supposed to be limited in 10 minutes in length.

 

Grades

The final grade will be based upon two closed-book mid-term exams (20 percent each), a closedbook final exam (40 percent), and classroom performance (20 percent).

 

Major Topics

1. General Introduction

2. Rationality and Individualism

3. Scarcity and Property Rights

4. The Theory of Price Control

5. Externality and Coase Theorem

6. Information Cost and Contractual Arrangement

7. Risk and Tort

8. Competition and Competition Law

9. Public Choice and Constitutional Economics

10. Public Choice and Legal Procedure

 

Note

My lecture does not simply replicate materials available in the required textbook and handouts.Students should take careful notes since these comprise important elements of the course and part of the examinable syllabus.

薛兆丰简历

联系方式

 

Northwestern University School of Law

Rubloff Building 542

375 East Chicago Avenue

Chicago, IL 60611-3069 

Phone: (773) 526-2744 

Email: z-xue@northwestern.edu | zhaofeng@gmail.com   

 

 

教育背景

              •经济学博士,美国乔治·梅森大学(领域:法律经济学),2008

              •经济学硕士,美国乔治·梅森大学(领域:公共财政与奥地利学派),2006

              •应用数学学士, 深圳大学,中国,1991

             

博士论文

              •主题: 反垄断的合理关注

              •开题:2007年2月,答辩:2008年4月,学位授予:2008年5月

              •答辩委员会成员: Donald J. Boudreaux (主席); Richard E. Wagner; Gordon Tullock; Joshua D.  Wright (外评人: 乔治·梅森大学法学院)

 

专业领域与研究兴趣

              •微观经济学

              •法律经济学

              •政治经济学

 

工作经历
•2008年 - 至今:美国西北大学法学院博士后研究员

•2008年 - 至今:北京大学“法律经济学研究中心”合聘研究员

教学经历

•法律经济学(本科层次),乔治·梅森大学,2006年秋季。

奖励与荣誉

•埃尔哈特奖学金(Earhart Fellowship),埃尔哈特基金会,2006-2007
•默克特斯&詹姆斯·布坎南中心奖学金(Mercatus & James Buchanan Center Fellowship),乔治·梅森大学,2004-2006

•年度青年,《南方人物周刊》,中国,2006

 

已发表及待发表文章情况

 

部分期刊论文

              • “A Comparison of Common Law and Statute Law from Public Choice Perspective,” The Journal of Peking University, forthcoming.  

              • “Private Choice vs. Public Choice,” China Economic Survey, forthcoming.   

              • “On the Economic Foundation of Anti-Monopoly Law,” The Journal of Peking University, June 2008, Volume 46. 

              • “It is High Time to Fix up the Monetary Policy, “ Western Forum, 2008, Issue 2. 

              • “Be Wary of the Rent Seeking Consequence of Anti-Monopoly Law,” Peking University Business Review, 2007, Issue 11.  

              • “China Should Not Enact Anti-Monopoly Law in Haste,” China Economic Survey, September 2007, Issue 3. 

              • “The Practice of School Voucher in China,” (with Hua Wu and Isaac DiIanni), The Research of Education Development, 2005, 6B, Volume 172.

              • “The Outlook for China’s Education System,” China Economic Survey, June 2005, Issue 2.      

 

工作论文

              • “From Easterbrook to Daubert: Minimizing Judicial Errors in Antitrust Law,” with Henry Butler 

              • “On Reasonable Antitrust Concern”

              • “A Multi-Agent Based Model Test of Clarke Tax and Coase Bid”

              • “Rate of Interest: What Does it Mean by the Price of Money?” 

 

专著

              • Economic Common Sense (2nd edition of Economic Controversies, Chinese), Tongxin Press, Beijing, May 2009.   

              • Commerce without Frontiers: The Economics Revolution in Antitrust (Chinese), Law Press, Beijing, November 2008. 

              • Economic Controversies (Chinese), Economic Science Press, Beijing, December 2002. 

 

书本章节

              • “The Future of China’s Education,” The Essence of China Economic Survey, Dongjing Wang, ed., China Youth Press, February 2008.  

              • “The Talent, Thoughts and Influence of Steven N. S. Cheung,” Impressions of Steven N. S. Cheung, Yuxia Wang, ed., Acadia Press, Hong Kong, November 2005.  

 

翻译书籍

              • University Economics, Armen A. Alchian, forthcoming. 

 

部分经济专栏文章

              • 2007 – present, Economic Observer, Beijing, 27 articles 

              • 2005 – 2006, Financial Times, Chinese version, London, 29 articles

              • 2000 – 2002, The 21st Century Business Herald, Guangzhou, 42 articles 

              • 1998 – 1999, Financial Weekly, Shenzhen, 56 articles      

 

会议报告 

 

              • “From Easterbrook to Daubert: Minimizing Judicial Errors in Antitrust Law,” National School of Development, Peking University, November 18, 2009.  

 

              • “A Comparison of Common Law and Statute Law from Public Choice Perspective,” School of Law, Peking University, November 17, 2009.  

              • “A Case for Per Se Legality with Anticompetitive Offense in Antitrust Law,” at China’s Competition Policy and Anti-monopoly Law, held by The James A. Mirrlees Institute of Economic Policy Research & Peking University, October 14, 2007. 

 

学术演讲

 

              • “Private Choice vs. Public Choice: From Economic Policy to Legal Procedure,” Peking University School of Law, November 19, 2009. 

              • “Economics Foundation of Competition Laws,” Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, October 15, 2007. 

              • “The Meaning of Economics,” Zhejiang University, December 6, 2002.   

 

部分媒体采访

 

              • On China’s Law Enforcement, Fairchild Radio, Canada, September 22, 2009. 

              • On China’s Economic Reform, Fairchild Radio, Canada, June 19, 2009.  

              • Exclusive Interview, Nanfang People Magazine, China, April 2006.  

              • Exclusive Interview, Shenzhen News, China, March 2004. 

              • Interview on Issues of Inflation, Shanghai Television, China, December 2000. 

              • Exclusive Interview, Shandong Radio, China, October 2000. 

              • Exclusive Interview, New Weekly, China, September 2000.   

              • One-on-One Discussion on Issues of Intellectual Property Rights Protection, China Central Television (CCTV), China, July 1999.  

 

专业团体会员

 

              • American Economic Association

              • Public Choice Society

              • Phi Beta Delta