CFP: Italian Society for Law and Economics

[We have the following announcement.] The Italian Society of Law and Economics (ISLE - SIDE) welcomes submissions of papers on any topic reg...

Wright, "The Regional Impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964"

The Boston University Law Review recently published " The Regional Impact of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ," by Gavin Wright (Sta...

Kadens on Reputation in Premodern Credit Networks

Emily Kadens, Northwestern University School of Law , a former LHB Guest Blogger , has posted Pre-Modern Credit Networks and the Limits of R...

Gorman on the Origins of the FCPA

Thomas O. Gorman , who is, among other things, co-chair of Dorsey & Whitney ’s Anticorruption and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act practice...

Arruñada on the Institutions of Roman Markets

Benito Arruñada, Universitat Pompeu Fabra , has posted The Institutions of Roman Markets :     I analyze the basis of the market economy in ...

Tomlins on "Capitalism as Law"

Christopher Tomlins, University of California, Berkeley  Jurisprudence and Social Policy Program , has posted Organic Poise? Capitalism as L...

Two by Giocoli on the Law and Economics of Early 20th Century Rate Regulation

Nicola Giocoli, University of Pisa, has posted two papers relating to the law and economics of the regulation of railroad rates in the Unit...

Sunday Book Roundup

In The Nation, two books-- The Tyranny of Experts: Economists, Dictators, and the Forgotten Rights of the Poor by William Easterly (Basic) ...

New Release: An Anthology on the Economics of Legal History

Just out from Edward Elgar Publishing is Economics of Legal History , an anthology of twenty-one articles first published between 1967 and 2...