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Torts
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On Liability and Insurance
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, On Liability and Insurance, 13 Bell J. Econ. 120 (1982).
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The Optimal Level of Corporate Liability Given the Limited Ability of Corporations to Penalize Their Employees
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, The Optimal Level of Corporate Liability Given the Limited Ability of Corporations to Penalize Their Employees, 17 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 203…
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Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability
January 25, 2024
Stevem Shavell, Uncertainty Over Causation and the Determination of Civil Liability, 28 J.L. & Econ. 587 (1985).
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The Fundamental Divergence Between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, The Fundamental Divergence Between the Private and the Social Motive to Use the Legal System, 26 J. Legal Stud. 575 (1997).
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A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation?
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, A Note on Efficiency vs. Distributional Equity in Legal Rulemaking: Should Distributional Equity Matter Given Optimal Income Taxation?, 71 Am. Econ. Rev. (Papers…
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Legal Advice About Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, Legal Advice About Contemplated Acts: The Decision to Obtain Advice, Its Social Desirability, and Protection of Confidentiality, 17 J. Legal Stud. 123 (1988).
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Liability for Harm Versus Regulation of Safety
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, Liability for Harm versus Regulation of Safety, 13 J. Legal Stud. 357 (1984).
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Public Enforcement of Law
January 25, 2024
A. Mitchell Polinsky & Steven M. Shavell, Public Enforcement of Law, in The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics (Steven N. Durlauf & Lawrence E. Blume…
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On the Social Function and the Regulation of Liability Insurance
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, On the Social Function and the Regulation of Liability Insurance, 25 Geneva Papers on Risk & Ins. 166 (2000).
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Do Excessive Legal Standards Discourage Desirable Activity?
January 25, 2024
Steven M. Shavell, Do Excessive Legal Standards Discourage Desirable Activity?, 95 Econ. Letters 394 (2007).
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The Level of Litigation: Private Versus Social Optimality of Suit and of Settlement
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, The Level of Litigation: Private Versus Social Optimality of Suit and of Settlement, 19 Int’l Rev. L. & Econ. 99 (1999).
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The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, The Optimal Structure of Law Enforcement, 36 J.L. Econ. 255 (1993).
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Steven Shavell, An Analysis of Causation and the Scope of Liability in the Law of Torts, 9 J. Legal Stud. 463 (1980).
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Strict Liability versus Negligence
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, Strict Liability versus Negligence, 9 J. Legal Stud. 1 (1980).
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On the Proper Magnitude of Punitive Damages♦: Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc.
January 25, 2024
Steven M. Shavell, On the Proper Magnitude of Punitive Damages: Mathias v. Accor Economy Lodging, Inc., 120 Harv. L. Rev. 1223 (2007).
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Corrective Taxation versus Liability
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, Corrective Taxation versus Liability, Am. Econ. Rev., May 2011, at 273.
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Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially
January 25, 2024
Steven Shavell, Torts in Which Victim and Injurer Act Sequentially, 26 J.L. & Econ. 589 (1983).
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Susan H. Farbstein, Perspectives From a Practitioner: Lessons Learned From the Apartheid Litigation, 61 Harv. Int’l L.J. 451 (2020).
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Online Kiobel Symposium: The Alien Tort Statute and the Importance of Historical Evidence
January 25, 2024
Tyler Giannini & Susan H. Farbstein, Online Kiobel Symposium: The Alien Tort Statute and the Importance of Historical Evidence, SCOTUS Blog (July 17, 2012, 7:14…
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William O. Douglas’ Former Clerk Sitting on Key Climate Change Case
January 25, 2024
Richard Lazarus, William O. Douglas’ Former Clerk Sitting on Key Climate Change Case, Env’t F., July-Aug. 2018, at 13.
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Bidding Farewell to Constitutional Torts
January 25, 2024
Richard H. Fallon, Jr., Bidding Farewell to Constitutional Torts, 107 Calif. L. Rev. 933 (2019).