Contract Law and Theory

• “In That Case, What is the Question? Economics and the Demands of Contract Theory,” Yale Law Journal, vol 112, no 4 (2003), pp 903–24 [response to Eric A. Posner, “Economic Analysis of Contract Law After Three Decades: Success or Failure?” 112 Yale L.J. 829 (2003).]

• “How We Got This Way: Futher Thoughts on Fuller and Perdue,” Issues in Legal Scholarship, vol 1, issue 1 (Berkeley Electronic Press, 2001), http://www.bepress.com/ils/default/vol1/iss1/art2 [symposium on Fuller and Perdue’s The Reliance Interest in Contract Damages].

• “Two Economic Theories of Enforcing Promises,” in Peter Benson, ed., The Theory of Contract (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2001), pp 19¤44.

• “The Sound of One Form Battling,” Michigan Law Review, vol 98, no 8 (August 2000), pp 2727¤37 [symposium on empirical scholarship and commercial law].

• “Do Trade Customs Exist?” in Jody S. Krauss & Steven D. Walt, eds., The Jurisprudential Foundations of Corporate and Commercial Law, pp 118¤48 (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000).

• “Against Fuller and Perdue,” University of Chicago Law Review, vol 67, no 1, pp 99¤161 (Winter 2000).

• “Freedom of Contract,” in Eric Posner, ed., Chicago Lectures in Law and Economics, pp 81¤99 (New York: Foundation Press, 2000).

• “Contract Law: General Theories,” in Boudwewijn Bouckaert & Gerrit DeGeest, eds., Encyclopedia of Law & Economics, vol 3, pp 1¤24 (Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2000). Also published in an on-line edition at http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~gdegeest/4000book.pdf

• “Offer, Acceptance, and E{cient Reliance,” Stanford Law Review, vol 48, no 3 (February 1996), pp 481¤553.

• “Remedies When Contracts Lack Consent: Autonomy and Institutional Competence,” Osgoode Hall Law Journal, vol 33, no 2 (Summer 1995), pp 209¤35 [symposium on Michael J. Trebilcock, The Limits of Freedom of Contract].

Contract Law and Theory (Continued)

• Foundations of Contract Law (with Alan Schwartz, co-editor). New York: Foundation Press, 1994.

• “Property Rules and Liability Rules in Unconscionability and Related Doctrines,” University of Chicago Law Review, vol 60, no 1 (Winter 1993), pp 1¤65.

• “The Relational Move: Some Questions from Law and Economics,” Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, vol 3, no 1 (Fall 1993), pp 91¤114 [symposium on default rules and contractual consent].

• “Default Rules, E{ciency, and Prudence,” Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal, vol 3, no 1 (Fall 1993), pp 289¤302 [symposium on default rules and contractual consent].

• “E{ciency and Rational Bargaining in Contractual Settings,” Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, vol 15, no 3 (Summer 1992), pp 805¤37 [symposium on Jules L. Coleman, Risks and Wrongs].

• “Insecurity, Repudiation and Cure,” Journal of Legal Studies, vol 19, no 2 (June 1990), pp 399¤434.

• “Contract Law, Default Rules, and the Philosophy of Promising,” Michigan Law Review, vol 88, no 3 (December 1989), pp 489¤529. Reprinted in Larry Alexander, ed., Contract Law, vol 1 (New York: New York University Press, 1991).

• “Performance, Reliance, and One-Sided Information,” Journal of Legal Studies, vol 18, no 2 (June 1989), pp 365¤401.

• “Precontractual Investigation as an Optimal Precaution Problem,” Journal of Legal Studies, vol 17, no 2 (June 1988), pp 401¤36.

• “Contract Remedies, Renegotiation, and the Theory of E{cient Breach,” Southern California Law Review, vol 61, no 3 (March 1988), pp 629¤70. Reprinted in Brian Bix, ed., Contract Law, vol 1 (Aldershot, UK: Ashgate Publishing, forthcoming 2001).

Law and Economics Generally

• “Instrumental Theories of Compensation: A Survey,” San Diego Law Review, vol 40, no 4 (Fall 2003), pp 1135–1180.

• “Kaplow and Shavell on the Substance of Fairness,” Journal of Legal Studies, vol 32, no 1 (January 2003), pp 245–75 [Symposium on Louis Kaplow & Steven Shavell, Fairness versus Welfare (2002).]

• “Deterrence and Damages: The Multiplier Principle and its Alternatives,” Michigan Law Review, vol 97, no 7 (June 1999), pp 2185¤2238.

• “Incommensurability, Welfare Economics, and Law,” University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol 146, no 5 (June 1998), pp 1419¤64.

• “Damage Multipliers in Market Relationships,” Journal of Legal Studies, vol 25, no 2 (June 1996), pp 463¤92.

• “On the Uses of ‘Trust,’ ” Journal of Law & Economics, vol 36, no 1 (part 2) (April 1993), pp 487¤500 [comments on Oliver E. Williamson,

• “Calculativeness, Trust, and Economic Organization”].

• “Passing On the Costs of Legal Rules: E{ciency and Distribution in Buyer-Seller Relationships,” Stanford Law Review, vol 43, no 2 (January 1991), pp 361¤98.

• “Deterrence and Uncertain Legal Standards” (with John E. Calfee), Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, vol 2, no 2 (Fall 1986), pp 279¤303.

• “Some E<ects of Uncertainty on Compliance with Legal Standards” (with John E. Calfee), Virginia Law Review, vol 70, no 5 (June 1984), pp 965¤1003. Reprinted in Jules Coleman & Je<rey Lange, eds., Law and Economics, vol 1 (New York: New York University Press, 1992).

Advertising and Trade Regulation

• “Compared to What? The Use of Control Ads in Deceptive Advertising Litigation,” Antitrust Law Journal, vol 65, no 3 (Spring 1997), pp 757¤91.

• “Regulating Deceptive Advertising: The Role of Cost-Bene=t Analysis,” Southern California Law Review, vol 64, no 3 (March 1991), pp 549¤604.

Advertising and Trade Regulation (Continued)

• “Predatory Pricing Theory Applied: The Case of Supermarkets vs. Warehouse Stores” (with Mark R. Fratrik), Case Western Reserve Law Review, vol 36, no 1 (1985¤86), pp 1¤49.

• “Interpreting Deceptive Advertising,” Boston University Law Review, vol 65, no 4 (July 1985), pp 657¤732.

• “Tying Requirements in Competitive Markets: The Consumer Protection Issues,” Boston University Law Review, vol 62, no 3 (May 1982), pp 661¤700.

• “The E{cient Regulation of Consumer Information” (with Howard Beales & Steven C. Salop), Journal of Law & Economics, vol 24, no 3 (December 1981), pp 491¤539. Excerpted in A.I. Ogus & C.G. Veljanoski, eds., Readings in the Economics of Law and Regulation (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1984).

• “The Identi=cation of Unfair Acts and Practices by the Federal Trade Commission,” Wisconsin Law Review, vol 1981, no 1, pp 107¤53.

• “Information Remedies for Consumer Protection” (with Howard Beales & Steven C. Salop), American Economic Review, vol 71, no 2 (May 1981, Papers & Proceedings), pp 410¤14.

Student Papers

• Comment, “Federal Prosecution for Local Vote Fraud,” University of Chicago Law Review, vol 43, no 3 (Spring 1976), pp 542¤72.

• Note, “Self-Generating Growth in Public Programs,” Public Choice, vol 21 (1975), pp 91¤97.

Comic Verse

• “Ballad of Regulatory Reform,” The Green Bag (2d Series), vol. 1, no. 2 (1998), pp 221¤22.

• “On the Importance of Lawyers,” The Green Bag (2d Series), vol. 1, no. 2 (1998), pp 223¤24.

Comic Verse (Continued)

• “Ballade of Distributional Considerations,” Journal of Legal Education, vol 39, no 1 (March 1989), p 54.

• “On Publishing Comic Verse in Law Reviews: A Manual of Style,” Journal of Legal Education, vol 38, no 3 (September 1988), p 359.

• “Pæan to Critical Legal Studies,” Journal of Legal Education, vol 38, no 1¤2 (March/June 1988), p 209.

• “The Golden Age of Law,” Journal of Legal Education, vol 38, no 1¤2 4 (March/June 1988), p 210.