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Economic analysis of law

Seminars for Spanish academics and professionals. Madrid and Harvard University

Under the collaboration agreement mentioned in the previous section, it was agreed to support the following activities relating to the economic analysis of law:

  • a) To hold training and refresher seminars for Spanish academics and professionals at a US university or institution, taught by specialist academics from top-level American universities;
  • b) To hold courses and/or seminars for the study of research methodologies in the field of economic analysis of law at a US university or institution, and to facilitate knowledge of establishments and academics of the highest standing in order to strengthen and internationalise research on issues connected with the economic analysis of law;
  • c) To organise at least one academic event each year at the Foundation headquarters on important issues connected with the economic analysis of law.

Within the framework of this agreement, a seminar was organised at the Foundation on 15 February 2008 to analyse the conclusions of the course held at the University of Harvard in 2007 and to present the outline of the work to be done in the 2008 course. The speakers at the seminar, which was attended by 16 people, were Francisco Cabrillo (Madrid Complutense University) and Nuno Garoupa (College of Law, University of Illinois).

A seminar was organised at the John M. Olin Center for Law, Economics and Business, with the support of the Real Colegio Complutense, Harvard University, from 6-10 October 2008. It was attended by 30 students and taught by the following academics.

  • Steven M. Shavell (Harvard Law School), Recent Topics in Economic Analysis of Law: the Appeals Process and IP Policy;
  • Kathy Spier (Harvard Law School), Litigation Contracts and Exclusion: An Economic Analysis;
  • Cass Sunstein (Harvard Law School), Behavioral Law and Economics;
  • Guhan Subramanian (Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School), Current Issues in the Economic Analysis of Corporate Law;
  • Allen Ferrell (Harvard Law School), The Law and Economics of Sub-prime Lending;
  • John J. Donohue III (Yale Law School), Empirical issues on criminal law: Gun Policy.

The Director of both courses was Professor Francisco Cabrillo (Madrid Complutense University). The technical Director was Professor Fernando Gómez (Pompeu Fabra University) and the coordinator was Professor Rocío Albert (Madrid Complutense University).