Nuno Garoupa is Professor of Law and the H. Ross and Helen Workman Research Scholar
at the University of Illinois College of Law. He is also Research Professor of Law at
IMDEA (Madrid) and Research Affiliate, CEPR (London). He received his Ph.D. in Economics
from the University of York (UK), also holds an LLM from the University of London. He is
a former Associate Professor (Tenured), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain; Professor
(Catedrático), Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal; and Research Professor of Law at
the University of Manchester School of Law, UK. He has a long established research
interest in the economics of law and legal institutions. The results of this research
have been published in the Journal of Legal Studies, Journal of Law and Economics,
Journal of Law, Economics and Organization, American Law and Economics Review, Journal of
Empirical Legal Studies, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, American Journal of Comparative
Law, Journal of Law and Society, Berkeley Journal of International Law, Columbia Journal
of Transnational Law, Alabama Law Review, European Business Organization Law Review,
Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, European Economic Review, Economic
Journal among other journals. Nuno has served as Vice-President of EALE (2004-2007) and
as a Member of the Board of ISNIE (2006-2009). He currently serves as co-editor of the
Review of Law and Economics and as a Member of the Board of ALACDE (Latin America and
Caribbean Law and Economics Association). 

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Least Cost Avoidance: The Tragedy of the Common Safety (with Giuseppe Dari-Mattiacci), Journal of Law, Economics and Organization (2009)
 

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Guarding the Guardians: Judicial Councils and Judicial Independence (with Tom Ginsburg), American Journal of Comparative Law (2009)
 

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Judicial Independence and Party Politics in the Kelsenian Constitutional Courts: The Case of Portugal (with Sofia Amaral Garcia and Veronica Grembi), Journal of Empirical Legal Studies (2009)
 

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Judicial Reputation and Audiences: Perspectives from Comparative Law (with Tom Ginsburg), Columbia Journal of Transnational Law (2009)
 

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The Comparative Law and Economics of Judicial Councils (with Tom Ginsburg), Berkeley Journal of International Law (2009)
 

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CASHING BY THE HOUR: WHY LARGE LAWFIRMS PREFER HOURLY FEES OVER CONTINGENT FEES (with Fernando Gomez-Pomar), German Working Papers in Law and Economics (2006)
 

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Regulation of Professions in the US and Europe: A Comparative Analysis, American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings (2006)
 

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Sentencing Guidelines and TIS Legislation, Judges and Parole Boards: Has Bargaining Power Changed in Sentencing? (with Dhammika Dharmapala and Joanna Shepherd), American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings (2006)
 

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Sentencing Guidelines, TIS Legislation, and Bargaining Power (with Dhammika Dharmapala and Joanna M. Shepherd), American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings (2006)
 

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The Just World Bias and Hate Crime Statutes (with Dhammika Dharmapala and Richard H. McAdams), American Law & Economics Association Annual Meetings (2006)