University of Illinois Legal Working Paper Series

University of Illinois Law and Economics Working Papers

Papers from 2012

Rethinking the Presumption of Mens Rea, Eric A. Johnson (March 13, 2012)

Sticky Slopes, David Schraub (February 20, 2012)

Papers from 2010

Bankruptcy Reorganizations and the Troubling Legacy of Crysler and GM, Ralph E. Brubaker and Charles Tabb (October 1, 2010)

Papers from 2009

The Windfall Myth, Christine Hurt (August 14, 2009)

Papers from 2008

The Comparative Law and Economics of Judicial Councils, Nuno Garoupa and Tom Ginsburg (November 11, 2008)

Did Bankruptcy Reform Fail? An Empirical Study of Consumer Debtors, Robert M. Lawless, Katherine Porter, John Pottow, Deborah Thorne, Angela K. Littwin, and Elizabeth Warren (November 7, 2008)

Pondering the Politics of Private Procedures: The Case of ICANN, Andres A. Gallo and Jay P. Kesan (August 28, 2008)

Happiness and Punishment, Jonathan S. Masur, Christopher Buccafusco, and John Bronsteen (August 20, 2008)

Borders & The Environment, Andrew P. Morriss (August 15, 2008)

Spiritualism and Will(s) in the Age of Contract, Christopher Buccafusco (August 1, 2008)

A Guide to Starting Social Security Benefits, Richard L. Kaplan (August 1, 2008)

Judicial Independence and Party Politics in the Kelsenian Constitutional Courts: The Case of Portugal, Sofia AmaralGarcia, Nuno Garoupa, and Veronica Grembi (July 7, 2008)

Uncorporating the Large Firm, Larry E. Ribstein (May 28, 2008)

A Single-License Approach to Regulating Insurance, Henry N. Butler and Larry E. Ribstein (May 23, 2008)

The Uncorporation and Corporate Indeterminacy, Larry E. Ribstein (April 1, 2008)

Top Ten Myths of Social Security, Richard L. Kaplan (March 25, 2008)

Privacy, Ethics, and the Meaning of News, Amy Gajda (March 5, 2008)

Rules and Institutions in Developing a Law Market: Views from the U.S. and Europe, Erin O'Hara and Larry E. Ribstein (February 27, 2008)

Henry Manne: Intellectual Entrepreneur, Larry E. Ribstein (February 18, 2008)

ARE PARTNERS AGENTS?, Larry E. Ribstein (January 18, 2008)

Papers from 2007

Bootleggers, Baptists & Televangelists: Regulating Tobacco by Litigation, Bruce Yandle, Joseph A. Rotondi, Andrew P. Morriss, and Andrew Dorchak (August 1, 2007)

The Rise of the Uncorporation, Larry E. Ribstein (July 29, 2007)

Why Limit Charity?, Miranda Perry Fleischer (June 13, 2007)

Gasoline, Markets, and Regulators, Andrew P. Morriss (June 1, 2007)

Bias Arbitrage, Amitai Aviram (May 1, 2007)

Counter-Cyclical Enforcement of Corporate Law, Amitai Aviram (April 27, 2007)

Pondering the Politics of Private Procedures: The Case of ICANN, Jay P. Kesan and Andres A. Gallo (April 27, 2007)

Odious Debt, Odious Credit, Economic Development, and Democratization, Tom Ginsburg and Thomas S. Ulen (April 1, 2007)

The Undercivilization of Corporate Law, Christine Hurt (February 25, 2007)

Constitutional Possibilities, Lawrence B. Solum (February 23, 2007)

Papers from 2006

Consumer Bankruptcy Filings: Trends and Indicators, Charles J. Tabb (October 1, 2006)

The Evolving Partnership, Larry E. Ribstein (October 1, 2006)

Why Gasoline Costs So Much (And Why It's Going to Cost More), Andrew P. Morriss and Nathaniel Stewart (September 1, 2006)

Dabit, Preemption and Choice of Law, Larry E. Ribstein (July 1, 2006)

Perils of Criminalizing Agency Costs, Larry E. Ribstein (July 1, 2006)

Properties of Concentration, Lee Anne Fennell (May 1, 2006)

The Just World Bias and Hate Crime Statutes, Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa , and Richard H. McAdams (April 26, 2006)

The Public Face of Scholarship, Larry E. Ribstein (April 17, 2006)

The Paradox of Consumer Credit, Robert M. Lawless (April 1, 2006)

Outsider Trading as an Incentive Device, Larry E. Ribstein and Bruce H. Kobayashi (March 1, 2006)

Should History Lock in Lock-In?, Larry E. Ribstein (February 13, 2006)

Directors' Duties in Failing Firms, Larry E. Ribstein and Kelli A. Alces (January 31, 2006)

The Economics of Federalism, Larry E. Ribstein and Bruce H. Kobayashi (January 11, 2006)

Papers from 2005

The Medicare Drug Benefit: A Prescription for Confusion, Richard L. Kaplan (December 1, 2005)

Courting Controversy, Charles J. Tabb (November 1, 2005)

The Brave New World of Bankruptcy Preferences, Charles J. Tabb (November 1, 2005)

Top Twenty Issues in the History of Consumer Bankruptcy, Charles J. Tabb (November 1, 2005)

Fraud on a Noisy Market, Larry E. Ribstein (September 16, 2005)

Wall Street and Vine: Hollywood's View of Business, Larry E. Ribstein (September 1, 2005)

Accountability and Responsibility in Corporate Governance, Larry E. Ribstein (September 1, 2005)

A Tempting State: The Political Economy of Entrapment, Richard H. McAdams (September 1, 2005)

The Placebo Effect of Law, Amitai Aviram (August 1, 2005)

Sarbanes-Oxley After Three Years, Larry E. Ribstein (June 1, 2005)

Imagining Wall Street, Larry E. Ribstein (June 1, 2005)

The Important Role of Non-Organization Law, Larry E. Ribstein (May 17, 2005)

International Judicial Lawmaking, Tom Ginsburg (April 1, 2005)

Why Corporations?, Larry E. Ribstein (March 1, 2005)

Taking Eminent Domain Apart, Lee Anne Fennell (February 18, 2005)

Papers from 2004

Regulatory Competition in EU Corporate Law After Inspire Art: Unbundling Delaware's Product for Europe, Christian Kirchner, Richard W. Painter, and Wulf Kaal (November 1, 2004)

Locked In Segregation, Daria Roithmayr (October 1, 2004)

Are Partners Fiduciaries?, Larry E. Ribstein (September 28, 2004)

A Standard Form Approach to Same Sex Marriage, Larry E. Ribstein (September 27, 2004)

The Unreluctant Litigant? An Empirical Analysis of Japan's Turn to Litigation, Tom Ginsburg and Glenn Hoetker (September 8, 2004)

Expressive Adjudication, Richard H. McAdams (September 1, 2004)

The Economic Case for Cyberinsurance, Jay P. Kesan, Rupterto P. Majuca, and William J. Yurcik (July 1, 2004)

Mother of All Conflicts: Auditors and Their Clients, Richard Kaplan (June 14, 2004)

The Market for Elite Law Firm Associates, Tom Ginsburg and Jeffrey A. Wolf (June 1, 2004)

Economic Inequality and the Role of Law, Richard L. Kaplan (February 7, 2004)