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Law, Economic and Empirical Legal Studies Workshop

The law and economics forum organizes the research and teaching activity in the faculty in the field of the economic analysis of law. The forum functions as an intellectual cross roads in which scholars from different fields including law, economics, psychology, philosophy, psychology and political science can meet and discuss their work. The activity of the forum includes, among other things, a workshop in which faculty members and students discuss current work in the field, and international conferences that deal with specific topics in depth. The forum supports several graduate students each year that dedicate their time to research.
 
The law and economics forum is supported by generous donations from:
  • The Milton Handler Foundation
  • The Avraham Herman Foundation
 
The faculty members who are actively engaged in the activity of the forum are: 

Law, Economic and Empirical Legal Studies Workshop Meetings (2019-2020)

Wednesday 16:30-18:00, Room 357

Workshop coordinator: Dr. Adi Leibovitch.

1st Semester

Date Speakers

Topics

6/11

Hon. Justice Prof. Alex Stein, The Supreme Court

The Domain of Torts

27/11

Dr. Adi Leibovitch, Hebrew University

Bargaining in the Shadow of the Judge

4/12

Dr. Shay Lavie, Tel-Aviv University

Signaling in Negative Expected-Value Suits

18/12

Prof. Matthew Stephenson, Harvard University

 

1/1

Prof. Avishalom Tor, University of Notre Dame

The Mostly Neglected Opportunity Costs of Behavioral Policies

22/1

Dr. Inbar Levy, University of Melbourne

What the Fair Minded Observer Really Thinks about the Risks of Judicial Bias 

2st Semester

25/3

Prof. Francesco Marcus

 

22/4

Prof. Dotan Oliar, University of Virginia

 

6/5

Prof. Edward Cheng, Vanderbilt University

 

13/5

Prof. Jonathan Barnett, University of Southern California

 

 

27/5

Prof. Eric Helland, Claremont McKenna College

 

17/6

Prof. Orly Lobel, University of San Diego

 

24/6

Prof. Josh Bowers, University of Virginia

 

 

 
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