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The John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics at UVA Law School 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.
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We examine the design of lawmaking institutions when advocates have agenda setting power and there is randomness in the status quo laws eligible for...
Extraordinary times beget extraordinary measures. Multiple national emergencies during the past quarter century have generated a pitched debate as to...
We introduce altruism into standard models of bargaining and explore its implications for the Coase Theorem. A strict interpretation of the Coase...
The history of public policy is littered with failures to solve large-scale social problems using interventions derived from behavioral science...
The Supreme Court has twice held since 2020 that statutory restrictions on the President’s removal power violate Article II of the U.S. Constitution...
Large language models (LLMs) now perform extremely well on many natural language processing tasks. Their ability to convert legal texts to data may...
Faculty Director(s)
Jason S. Johnston
Blaine T. Phillips Distinguished Professor in Environmental Law
Nicholas E. Chimicles Research Professor of Business Law and Regulation
Director, John M. Olin Program in Law and Economics