The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics

Research

Bibb Balancing: Regulatory Mismatches Under the Dormant Commerce Clause
Ruth Mason
Courts and commentators have long understood dormant Commerce Clause doctrine to contain two types of cases: discrimination and undue burdens. This... MORE
On Rawlsian Contractualism and the Private Law
Kevin A. Kordana
Shifts in academic paradigms are rare. Still, it was not long ago that the values taken to govern the private law were thought to be distinct from... MORE
Truth Bounties: A Market Solution to Fake News
Michael D. Gilbert
False information causes harm, threatening individuals, groups, and society. Many people struggle to judge the veracity of the information around... MORE

Has China’s Labor Contract Law Curtailed Economic Growth?
J. H. Verkerke
As China reformed its economy during the past 44 years, it experienced the fastest sustained expansion by a major economy in history, with an annual... MORE
Markets, repugnance, and externalities
Kimberly D. Krawiec
This Article considers one aspect of the ongoing debate about the moral limits of markets—namely, the purported harmful effects of market... MORE
Pretrial Detention and the Value of Liberty
Megan T. Stevenson
How dangerous must a person be to justify the state in locking her up for the greater good? The bail reform movement, which aspires to limit pretrial... MORE

The Law and Economics of Animus
Andrew Hayashi
People sometimes want to harm other people. This truism points to a blind spot in law and economics scholarship, which generally assumes that people... MORE
Antibribery Law
Paul B. Stephan
The first part of this chapter describes the rise of transborder antibribery law in this century against the background of its twentieth century... MORE
No Money Allowed
Kimberly D. Krawiec
The sale of organs and gametes, the use of commercial surrogates, and trade in blood and plasma are examples of what have been termed "contested... MORE

The Global Evolution of Foreign Relations Law
Kevin Cope

Pierre-Hugues Verdier

Mila Versteeg
The constitutional rules that govern how states engage with international law have profound implications for foreign affairs, yet we lack... MORE
Asymmetric Subsidies and the Bail Crisis
Rich Hynes

John F. Duffy
When individuals are arrested or indicted for a crime, governments have legitimate interests in assuring that those individuals show up for future... MORE
Has Cross-Border Arbitrage Met Its Match?
Ruth Mason
In this essay, we review criticisms of both the concept of international tax arbitrage and regulatory responses meant to reduce such arbitrage. We... MORE

About

The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at the University of Virginia School of Law supports faculty and student interests and research relating to the economic analysis of legal issues. The program stimulates discussions and debate through conferences, workshops and lectures. It encourages student research through colloquia.

The John M. Olin Foundation Inc. was established in 1953 by John Merrill Olin (1892-1982) — inventor, industrialist, conservationist and philanthropist. Olin was committed to the preservation of the principles of political and economic liberty as they have been expressed in American thought, institutions and practice.