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LAW AND ECONOMICS OF INFORMATION
DESCRIPTION
This seminar is delivered over 24 hours and is
intended to study the economic and legal approaches to the emerging information
economy.
PROGRAM
Law and economics of intellectual property
Law and economics of networks
Law and economics of competition in the information industry
Law of electronic commerce
Additional topics for online option:
Law and economics of information in the financial sector (mandatory disclosure and insider trading)
Law and economics of auctions
Law and economics of bargaining
READING LIST
Books- these titles may be ordered online
Economic Analysis of Law by Richard A. Posner (Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1998), chapters, 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12 and 13.
Law and Economics by Robert Cooter and Thomas Ulen (Harper Collins, 1998), chapters 1, 2, 4 and 5.
International Business Law by Ray August (Prentice Hall, 1999), chapter 12.
Global Public Goods: International Coopoeration in the 21st Century by Inge Kaul (Editor), Isabelle Grunberg(Editor), Marc A. Stern(Editor), (Cambridge Univ Pr, 1998)
Global Media Economics by Alan B. Albarran and Sylvia M. Chn-Olmsted (Iowa State Univ Pr, 1998), chapter 6
Economics and the Law : From Posner to Post-Modernism by Nicholas Mercuro, Steven G. Medema (Princeton Univ Pr;, 1999)
Game Theory and the Law by Douglas G. Baird, Robert H. Gertner, Randal C. Picker (Harvard Univ Pr, 1998)
Auction Theory for Privatization by Paul Milgrom (Editor) (Cambridge Univ Pr, 2000)
Case Studies in Contracting and Organization by Scott E. y Scott E. Masten (Editor) (Oxford Univ Press, 1995)
Comparative Law and Economics by Ugo Mattei (Univ of Michigan Pr, 1997)
Economic Dimensions in International Law : Comparative and Empirical Perspectives by Jagdeep S. Bhandari (Editor), Alan O. Sykes (Editor), (Cambridge Univ Pr, 1998)
The Economic Structure of Corporate Law by Frank H. Easterbrook, Daniel R. Fischel (Contributor) (Harvard Univ Pr, 1996), chapters 10 and 11.
Introduction
to Comparative Law by Konrad Zweigert, Hein Koetz, Tony Weir (Translator),
(Oxford Univ Press, 1998)
WEBLIOGRAPHY
Law and economics of competition
Education - issues / other seminars
Participants are also referred to the Professor's Webliographies on
International
and comparative law (in particular the section on intellectual property)
Patents
State
St. Bank & Trust Co. v. Signature Fin. Group, Inc. (7/23/1998, No.
96-1327)
Copyrights
Microsoft's
"Applications Barrier to Entry":
Windows,
Windows, Everywhere
30
years of windows: a retrospective
Microsoft
et Xerox au secours de la propriété intellectuelle
MSF
case: AOL/Netscape merger may not matter
Economists
duel at MSF trial
MSF
lawyers play rough 11/98
EU
Commissioner: DOJ has strong case 10/98
AOL
/ MSF spar in court 10/98
CNET
News.com - Microsoft asks for Java extension
Japan
probe favorable to Microsoft
Microsoft
licensing fees under fire in court
Bundled
vs. Integrated: Familiar Issue Turns Up Again as Trial Enters 9th Week
Microsoft
Trial Update: Does AOL Deal Support or Weaken DOJ's Case?
Story:
Microsoft Gets its Butt Kicked -- You Feel the Pain
The
Gates' Tapes -- Finally
DOJ
Turns Up the Heat With 'Smoking Memos'
Anti-trust
wonks ponder MSF 9/8
Story:
Is Microsoft Walking Into Its Own Last Stand? How Its Small Court Victory
Masks the True Dangers
Story:
How to Score the DOJ Case Against Microsoft
Microsoft
cries ambush
DOJ
to add to Microsoft case
MS
must give more docs to judge 9/98
Microsoft
injunction overturned
Microsoft
settles trademark case
Win95
ruling not applicable to Win 98
Suits
could lead to NT, Office
Story:
Microsoft's Next Legal Nightmare (It Could Be Worse Than the DOJ Lawsuit!)
Trade
group challenges MSF
More
streaming from Microsoft
Microsoft
walks $200 billion line
MSF
case news 6/2/98
Gates
wants to grow even more
MSF
+ judge clash 15/1/98
MSF
Tokyo HQ raided 16/1/98
MS,
judge differ on compliance
MSF/TCI
deal 15/1/98
Story:
MS Settles (Partially) and Netscape Makes Browser Free. Result -- Netscape
Has a Chance Again
Microsoft
deal ends contempt charges
MS:
DOJ waffled, judge erred
Judge
uninstalls IE in 90 seconds
MSF
anti-trust decision comment 15/12/97
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