Economic Analysis of Law - JURD7335
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: http://www.law.unsw.edu.au/
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: 36 UOC of JURD courses for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, pre-requisite: 72 UOC of JURD courses.
Excluded: LAWS3335
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
View course information for previous years.
Description
This course provides an introduction to economic analysis of law and policy.
Main Topics
Legal topics
Main Topics
Legal topics
- Contractual damages
- Surrogacy law
- Environmental law and wind power
- Indigenous rights and mining
- Sex discrimination law
- International rights to cultural property
Economic topics/concepts
- Pareto Efficiency
- Rational Risk-taking
- Behavioural Biases
- Moral Hazard
- Asymmetric Information
- Externalities
- Public Choice or Interest Group Theories
- Social Choice Theory
- Game Theory
- Empirical Legal Methods
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
Study Levels
UNSW Quick Links
