Program Description: Democracy’s friends ought to be dancing in the aisles: the volonte generale has never had it so easy. The franchise has become universal. Hierarchical institutions that used to mediate the people’s will (foremost, political parties) or shape their opinions (such as “establishment” media) have lost much of their influence. Transparency is at an … Continue reading “Eleventh Annual Transatlantic Law Forum”
The goal of the Workshop for Law Professors on Public Choice Economics was to introduce law professors to the concepts of public choice and positive political economy and how to use those concepts in their research and teaching. The workshop was designed to be conceptual rather than technical and was aimed at introducing participants to … Continue reading “Workshop for Law Professors on Public Choice Economics”
The 15th Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy was on Health Care Cost, Quality, and Transparency. The symposium was comprised of four panels featuring subject matter experts on such topics as “Health Care Transparency: Price and Quality,” “Regulating Health Care: Licensing v. Medical Malpractice,” “Why do Drugs Cost so Much and What … Continue reading “15th Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy: Health Care Cost, Quality, and Transparency”
The George Mason Law Review 22nd Annual Antitrust Symposium was organized by the George Mason Law Review and the Law & Economics Center’s Henry G. Manne Program in Law & Economics Studies Panel 1: Antitrust Litigation – TwIqbal a Decade Later Panelists: Eric Mahr, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP Scott Martin, Partner, Hausfeld LLP Tara … Continue reading “George Mason Law Review’s 22nd Annual Antitrust Symposium”
The goal of the Economics Institute for Law Professors was to help participants enhance their understanding of economics and broaden their analytical tools in order to introduce greater economic sophistication and policy relevance to their professional work. More than 850 law professors worldwide have attended the LEC’s Economics Institutes. Alumni routinely credit the Institute with … Continue reading “34th Economics Institute for Law Professors”
Program Description: The Manne Faculty Forum is an annual Roundtable, held in September, where junior tenure-track faculty at George Mason University School of Law present draft papers for comment, discussion, and critique by senior faculty at the law school. Each author also invites one other discussant of their choice to participate. Following the Forum, the authors … Continue reading “Ninth Annual Manne Faculty Forum”
The Law & Economics Center at George Mason University Antonin Scalia Law School held a LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Austrian Law & Economics, at the beginning of October 2019. The goal of the Workshop was to provide law professors basic tools for understanding the Austrian school and a sense of how they might … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Austrian Law & Economics”
The Sixteenth Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy was on The Changing Nature of Work and the Economics of Employment in the 21st Century. As the digital economy redefines traditional notions of the employer/employee relationship, and policymakers develop new methods of managing the labor landscape, businesses, workers, regulators, and courts are … Continue reading “Sixteenth Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics & Policy: “The Changing Nature of Work and the Economics of Employment in the 21st Century””
Jointly with the Department of Economics, the Law & Economics Center organized a workshop in Experimental Law and Economics at the Antonin Scalia Law School. The workshop presented eight papers with the goals to promote research opportunities and facilitate discussion in experimental law and economics. This event was by invite only.
With the emergence of large multinational technology companies and innovative digital technologies such as the internet, the cloud, and mobile devices, antitrust regulators are under increasing pressure to address antitrust concerns from state, federal and international authorities. These pressures have come with new and competing visions for enforcement that challenge some of the bedrock principles … Continue reading “George Mason Law Review 23rd Annual Antitrust Symposium”
