Prerequisite:  The Economics Institute is carefully designed for those who possess little or no previous formal economics education. It covers basic price theory, with emphasis on the allocative effects of alternative property rights regimes, transaction cost economics, and the application of basic economic theory to a variety of legal issues.  As such, there is no … Continue reading “Thirtieth Economics Institute for Law Professors”

Through its flagship two week Economics Institute for Judges, the Mason Judicial Education Program focused on fundamental issues that often are at the heart of legal disputes.  Over two weeks of intensive classroom lectures and discussion, judges were given a solid grounding in economics, finance and scientific method. Prerequisite:  Prior completion of an Economics Institute for Judges … Continue reading “Economics Institute for Judges, Week Two”