Law · Boston College
This course is about economic analysis of law. Students will learn to apply basic economic analysis to legal rules. The course will enable students to think critically about the desirability, efficiency, and effectiveness of laws and regulations in light of economic analysis of legal rules. The course will review the basics of microeconomic theory, survey the structure of the legal system and its primary regulatory actors, and explore the substance of a number of relevant legal rules and regimes. The course will then examine and analyze the legal system in light of foundational topics and
