Legal Theory & Philosophy

Laurence H. Tribe, From Environmental Foundations to Constitutional Structures: Learning from Nature’s Future, 84 Yale L.J. 545 (1975).

Louis Kaplow, Balancing Versus Structured Decision Procedures: Antitrust, Title VII Disparate Impact, and Constitutional Law Strict Scrutiny, 167 U. Pa. L. Rev. 1375 (2019).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Legal Advice About Acts Already Committed, 10 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 149 (1990).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, The Conflict Between Notions of Fairness and the Pareto Principle, 1 Am. L. & Econ. Rev. 63 (1999).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, All Individuals May Be Made Worse Off Under Any Nonwelfarist Principle (Harv. L. & Econ. Discussion Paper No. 350, Feb.

Steven Shavell & Louis Kaplow, Principles of Fairness Versus Human Welfare: On the Evaluation of Legal Policy (Harv. L. Sch. L. & Econ. Res. Paper…

Louis Kaplow, Why Measure Inequality?, 3 J. Econ. Ineq. 65 (2005).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Reply to Ripstein: Notes on Welfarist Versus Deontological Principles, 20 Econ. & Phil. 209 (2004).

Louis Kaplow, Transition Policy: A Conceptual Framework, 13 J. Contemp. Legal Issues 161 (2003).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Any Non‐welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle, 109 J. Pol. Econ. 281 (2001).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Accuracy in the Determination of Liability, 37 J.L. & Econ. 1 (1994).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Accuracy in the Assessment of Damages, 39 J.L. & Econ. 191 (1996).

Steven Shavell & Louis Kaplow, Legal Advice About Information to Present in Litigation: Its Effects and Social Desirability, 102 Harv. L. Rev. 565 (1989).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Any Non‐welfarist Method of Policy Assessment Violates the Pareto Principle: Reply, 112 J. Pol. Econ. 249 (2004).

Louis Kaplow, Primary Goods, Capabilities, . . . Or Well-Being?, 116 Phil. Rev. 603 (2007).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Comment, Do Liability Rules Facilitate Bargaining? A Reply to Ayres and Talley, 105 Yale L.J. 221 (1995).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Optimal Law Enforcement with Self-Reporting of Behavior, 102 J. Pol. Econ. 583 (1994).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Why the Legal System Is Less Efficient than the Income Tax in Redistributing Income, 23 J. Legal Stud. 667 (1994).

Louis Kaplow, Taxing Leisure Complements, 48 Econ. Inquiry 1065 (2010).

Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Notions of Fairness versus the Pareto Principle: On the Role of Logical Consistency, 110 Yale L.J. 237 (2000).

Lawrence Lessig, Comment: Delineating the Proper Scope of Government: A Proper Task for a Constitutional Court?, 157 J. Inst. & Theoretical Econ. 220 (2001).