The goal of the LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Austrian Law and Economics was to provide law professors basic tools for understanding the Austrian school and a sense of how they might look at their research and teaching differently if they put on their “Austrian glasses”. The Workshop presented the basic and distinctive ideas … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on Austrian Law & Economics”
Program Description: The traditional model of higher education is coming under increasing challenge from competitive forces, including for-profit education, information technology, and government regulation. At the same time, the costs of higher education continue to rise, student loan default rates are rising, and the quality and relevance of higher education is coming under increasing criticism. This … Continue reading “LEC Public Policy Conference on Competition and Consumer Protection in Higher Education”
Program Description: Administrative law reflects the hope that modern societies can be governed not only liberally and democratically but also rationally, sensibly, and with tolerable efficiency. On both sides of the Atlantic, that once-confident conviction now meets with considerable skepticism, in somewhat different ways and for different reasons. At the Transatlantic Law Forum’s Eighth Annual … Continue reading “Eighth Annual Transatlantic Law Forum”
Law professors and judges frequently invoke the Rule of Law as an important principle but rarely define what the Rule of Law is or why it matters. The LEC Workshop for Law Professors on the Rule of Law considered the historical context and meaning of the rule of law and the relationship between the Rule … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on the Economics of the Rule of Law”
Program Description: The modem corporation is one of the most successful inventions in history, as evidenced by its widespread adoption and survival as a primary vehicle of capitalism over the past century. However, we have only recently begun to understand the economic nature of the corporation. In recent years, the economic theory of the firm … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on the Contractual Theory of the Corporation”
The one-day conference featured panels focusing on the enduring legacy of the works of Henry G. Manne, including Mergers and the Market for Corporate Control,Insider Trading and the Stock Market, and Wall Street in Transition: The Emerging System and its Impact on the Economy. Agenda Mergers and Markets for Corporate Control Mergers and the Markets … Continue reading “Twelfth Annual Symposium of the Journal of Law, Economics, and Policy – The Enduring Legacy of Henry G. Manne”
The goal of the Workshop for Law Professors on the Economics of Public Pension Reform was to introduce law professors to the looming financial and structural crises facing state pensions systems across the nation in order to improve their research and teaching. With several dozen states adopting modest to major reforms, the economic impact on … Continue reading “LEC Workshop for Law Professors on the Economics of Public Pension Reform”
The symposium focused on the unique challenges in competition and antitrust law arising from and existing within the interconnectedness of jurisdictions around the world. Panels discussed the intersection of antitrust and privacy regulations, the global Google investigations, GUPPIs and a Safe Harbor standard, and extraterritoriality concerns. Expert panelists and speakers presented viewpoints of both domestic … Continue reading “George Mason Law Review 19th Annual Antitrust Symposium: Antitrust in an Interconnected World”
With over 700 data breaches identified at educational institutions between 2005 to 2014, colleges and universities are a prime target for cyber attacks. University networks serve a wide variety of user groups and house a wealth of information. According to the Ponemon Institute, the per capita cost of a data breach is second only to … Continue reading “National Security Law Journal Symposium on Data Breach at the University: Preparing Our Networks”
Program Description: The Workshop for Law Professors on Empirical Methods was designed to teach law professors the conceptual and practical skills required to (1) understand and evaluate others’ empirical studies, and (2) design and implement their own empirical studies. Participants were not expected to have background in statistical knowledge or empirical skills prior to enrollment. … Continue reading “LEC Workshop on Empirical Methods for Law Professors”
