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Most economic and positive political theory presumes the existence of an effective legal regime (protecting...

In the last two decades, the economy has undergone fundamental transformation with the twin structural...

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In this contribution to the forthcoming Rules for Growth prepared by the Kauffman Task Force...

In this paper I review the small amount of available data on the extent to...

Much of the existing literature investigating the relationship between legal regimes and economic growth focuses...

The problem of harmonizing legal rules across multiple overlapping legal orders is, in part, a...

In this essay, I revisit the public/private divide in order to explore more fully the...

In this comment I respond to three comments by comparative legal scholars on my paper...

In this paper I report the results of a quantitative and qualitative empirical study of...

Markets for legal goods and services are among the most heavily regulated in the U.S....

In the past decade a comparative law and economics literature has emerged that is largely...

One of the profound ironies of September 11 is that an attack widely perceived to...

One of the fundamental contributions of transaction cost theory and institutional economics has been to...

In the last two decades, the economy has undergone fundamental transformation with the twin structural...

The U.S. faces a mounting crisis in access to justice. Vast numbers of ordinary Americans...

The twin structural changes of the last few decades—globalization and the emergence of a web-based...

In this chapter I first discuss why we need to think of legal infrastructure as...

In this contribution to the forthcoming Rules for Growth prepared by the Kauffman Task Force...

The problem of harmonizing legal rules across multiple overlapping legal orders is, in part, a...

Markets for legal goods and services are among the most heavily regulated in the U.S....

Conventional wisdom about civil litigation, both among scholars and political actors, holds that abuse of...

Most economic and positive political theory presumes the existence of an effective legal regime (protecting...

In this paper I review the small amount of available data on the extent to...

Much of the existing literature investigating the relationship between legal regimes and economic growth focuses...

The problem of harmonizing legal rules across multiple overlapping legal orders is, in part, a...

In this essay, I revisit the public/private divide in order to explore more fully the...

In this comment I respond to three comments by comparative legal scholars on my paper...

In the past decade a comparative law and economics literature has emerged that is largely...

One of the fundamental contributions of transaction cost theory and institutional economics has been to...

In this paper I review the small amount of available data on the extent to...

Conventional wisdom about civil litigation, both among scholars and political actors, holds that abuse of...

In this paper I report the results of a quantitative and qualitative empirical study of...

One of the profound ironies of September 11 is that an attack widely perceived to...

In the last two decades, the economy has undergone fundamental transformation with the twin structural...

In a study that follows in Macaulay’s (1963) footsteps, we asked businesses what role formal...

The U.S. faces a mounting crisis in access to justice. Vast numbers of ordinary Americans...

Legal philosophers have long debated the question, what is law? But few in social science...

The twin structural changes of the last few decades—globalization and the emergence of a web-based...

In this chapter I first discuss why we need to think of legal infrastructure as...

In this contribution to the forthcoming Rules for Growth prepared by the Kauffman Task Force...

Markets for legal goods and services are among the most heavily regulated in the U.S....

One of the fundamental contributions of transaction cost theory and institutional economics has been to...

Most economic and positive political theory presumes the existence of an effective legal regime (protecting...

Why is it important for people to agree on and articulate shared reasons for just...

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