Econ 522 – Economics of Law – Spring 2012

 

 
 
Lectures:
Mondays and Wednesdays, 2:30-3:45 p.m., Social Science 5106
 
 
Professor:
Dan Quint, dquint@ssc.wisc.edu
 
7428 Social Science, 263-2515
Office hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30 p.m., other times by appointment
 
 
Teaching Assistant:
Fran Flanagan, fflanagan@wisc.edu
6443 Social Science
Office hours: Mondays 12:15-2:15 p.m.
 
 
Exam Dates:
Two in-class midterms, tentatively scheduled for Feb 29 and March 26
Final exam Monday, May 14, 10:05 a.m.-12:05 p.m., location TBA
 
 
Syllabus
 
Homework 1 – efficiency                    due 11:59 p.m., Thursday February 9 via Learn@UW
Homework 2 – property law               due 11:59 p.m., Thursday February 23 via Learn@UW
 
 
Sample exam problems from past semesters, so you know what to expect.
 
 
Slides/Lecture Notes
 
introductory material
 
Lecture 1 – overview, the Common and Civil Law traditions, whales and baseballs
Lecture 2 – efficiency – what is it, and do we want it?
               Optional (ungraded) homework problem for next Monday
Lecture 3 – static game theory, motivating property law
 
property law
 
Lecture 4 – the Coase Theorem; Demsetz on when property rights will expand
Lecture 5 – normative Coase and normative Hobbes; Calabresi and Melamed on remedies
Lecture 6 – more on efficient property law design; sequential rationality
Lecture 7 – intellectual property
 
 
Section Handouts
 
Section 1 (Jan 27)
Section 2 (Feb 3)
 
 
You can also check out the course materials from last semester, the course will be very similar.