American Law and Economics Association
Encyclopedia
The American Law and Economics Association (ALEA), a United States organization founded in 1991, is focused on the advancement of economic understanding of law, and related areas of public policy
and regulation. It promotes research in law and economics
. The association was co-founded by George Priest, A. Mitchell Polinsky, and Steven Shavell. The growing acceptance of legal and economic perspectives by judges, practitioners, and policy-makers is evident by the creation of parallel associations in Australia, Europe, Latin America, and Canada.
Robert Cooter
is one of the ALEA's founders and served as its president from 1994 to 1995. The current president is Michelle White, from the University of California, San Diego
.
Public policy
Public policy as government action is generally the principled guide to action taken by the administrative or executive branches of the state with regard to a class of issues in a manner consistent with law and institutional customs. In general, the foundation is the pertinent national and...
and regulation. It promotes research in law and economics
Law and economics
The economic analysis of law is an analysis of law applying methods of economics. Economic concepts are used to explain the effects of laws, to assess which legal rules are economically efficient, and to predict which legal rules will be promulgated.-Relationship to other disciplines and...
. The association was co-founded by George Priest, A. Mitchell Polinsky, and Steven Shavell. The growing acceptance of legal and economic perspectives by judges, practitioners, and policy-makers is evident by the creation of parallel associations in Australia, Europe, Latin America, and Canada.
Robert Cooter
Robert Cooter
Robert D. Cooter, a pioneer in the field of law and economics, began teaching in the Department of Economics at UC Berkeley in 1975 and joined the Boalt Hall faculty in 1980. He has been a visiting member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and a recipient of various awards and...
is one of the ALEA's founders and served as its president from 1994 to 1995. The current president is Michelle White, from the University of California, San Diego
University of California, San Diego
The University of California, San Diego, commonly known as UCSD or UC San Diego, is a public research university located in the La Jolla neighborhood of San Diego, California, United States...
.
Notable members
- Robert C. Ellickson
- Oliver Hart (president)
- Roland KirsteinRoland KirsteinRoland Kirstein is a German economist and professor of Business Administration at the Otto-von-Guericke-University in Magdeburg, Germany.-Biography:...
- Bruce M. OwenBruce M. OwenBruce M. Owen is an economist and author. He currently serves as Morris M. Doyle Centennial Professor in Public Policy and Director of the Public Policy Program in the School of Humanities and Sciences at Stanford University...
- Harold SeeHarold SeeHarold Frend See, Jr. is a legal scholar and was an Associate Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court from 1997 to 2009. The son of Harold F. See, Sr., and Corinne See, he was born at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Illinois while his father was serving with the United States Navy in the...
- Michael TrebilcockMichael TrebilcockMichael J. Trebilcock, LL.B. 1961, LL.M. 1962, called to the Bar of New Zealand in 1964 and the Bar of Ontario in 1975 is a Distinguished University Professor and Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, specializing in law and economics.Professor Trebilcock taught at the University of...
, (president)
See also
- Regional and international law and economics associations