Economic Analysis of Law
Objectives
Students are expected to deploy the basic tools of microeconomics in order to assess the impact of legal normas and critically evaluate how these norms fare against an efficiency benchmark.
General characterization
Code
27102
Credits
4
Responsible teacher
LÚCIO TOMÉ FETEIRA DIAS SANTOS
Hours
Weekly - 3
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
* Shavell, Steven, Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law (Harvard University Press: 2004) - available as working papers at http://www.law.harvard.edu/programs/olin_center/papers/
* Cooter, Robert/Ulen, Thomas, Law & Economics, 6.ª edição (Berkeley Law Books: 2016) – available at http://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1001&context=books
* Friedman, David D., Law's Order (Princeton University Press: 2000) - available at http://www.daviddfriedman.com/laws_order/
* Rodrigues, Vasco, Análise Económica do Direito, reimpressão (Almedina: 2016)
Teaching method
Lectures combined with the discussion of 'classical' texts of Law and Economics (L&E), as well as current topics analyses through the perspective of L&E
Evaluation method
Assessment will be based either on the grade obtained in the final written exam (100%) or on the grade average of the final written exam (70%) combined with the presentation and discussion of a 'classical' text of L&E (30%).
Subject matter
The syllabus covers some core legal areas, that will presented, assessed and critically evaluated from a microeconomic perspective.