Public Law and Political Economy

Professor Wins Inaugural Ephraim Prize in Law and Economics

May 31, 2023

‘Common Law’ Looks at How People Obey — and Use — Law in Their Everyday Lives

March 9, 2023

‘Common Law’ S5 E6: The Politics of Pipelines

February 23, 2023

‘Common Law’ Explores Why Once-Contentious Natural Gas Pipelines Are Now Rubber-Stamped

February 23, 2023

What Works for Justice-Involved People With Mental Illness?

February 14, 2023

Symposium To Look at Reclaiming Reproductive Rights After Dobbs

February 7, 2023

Two Professors Lauded for Scholarship

January 5, 2023

10 Changemaking Moments at UVA Law That Inspired Us

December 19, 2022

Why Lawyers Won’t Be Entirely Replaced by Robots

December 5, 2022

Accolades: Student Wins Serpentine Society Honor

October 25, 2022

Conference To Showcase Empirical Legal Studies

October 14, 2022

Bertrall Ross Brings Paper Idea Into Real-Life Course Aimed at Reform

October 12, 2022

New Directors Lead Academic Centers, Programs

September 29, 2022

Understanding ‘Public Law and Economics’

September 22, 2022

Vice Dean’s New Book Provides Economic Analysis of Public Law

September 22, 2022

Intellectual Property at UVA Law (2022)

August 12, 2022

Professor Wins Grant To Study Hidden Effects of Incarceration

June 13, 2022

Pretrial System Should Be Rebuilt To Protect Rights of Accused, Argues Megan Stevenson

May 3, 2022

‘Common Law’ S4 E7: The High Cost of Pretrial Detention

April 28, 2022

‘Common Law’: The High Cost of Pretrial Detention

April 28, 2022

‘Jesus and John Wayne’ and the Evangelical Reckoning

April 22, 2022

Feminism Confronts Homo Economicus: Gender, Law, and Society

April 19, 2022

Accolades: Public Service Dean Wins Literary Award

October 19, 2021

To Reform Bail, Subsidize It Like Jails, Professors Say in New Paper

October 18, 2021

‘Relative Harm Valuation’ Provides Roadmap for Criminal Justice Policy, Argues Megan Stevenson

August 20, 2021

Joshua Fischman, Michael Livermore Analyze Changes to Law School Rankings Metrics

August 19, 2021

Building a Law-and-Political-Economy Framework: Beyond the Twentieth-Century Synthesis

June 28, 2021

Michael Livermore Analyzes Bots’ Value in Notice-and-Comment Process

June 22, 2021

Michael Gilbert Named Next Vice Dean

April 20, 2021

Mitu Gulati, Contracts and International Debt Scholar, To Join Faculty

March 29, 2021

Health Law Expert Craig Konnoth To Join Faculty

March 10, 2021

Michael Livermore Analyzes Joe Biden’s Approach to Regulatory Decision-Making

February 18, 2021

It’s Time To Revive Rationality in Federal Rulemaking, Professors Argue in New Book

December 2, 2020

New Public Law Center Focuses on Faculty Depth in Economic Methods

November 9, 2020

Will My Mail-In Vote Count? Professor Says Errors More Likely Than Fraud

October 8, 2020

A Blueprint for Reform

August 5, 2020

Megan Stevenson, Economist Who Studies Criminal Law, To Join Faculty

July 28, 2020

Can the U.S. Declare Chapter 11?

July 21, 2020

Bracing for Impacts

July 9, 2020

When the Waiting Gets Tough, the Voters Get Going

May 11, 2020

Tax Scholars Join Coalition Finding Solutions to Pandemic-Induced State Financial Crises

April 21, 2020

U.S. Prosecutors Made Global Banks Pay Big, Professor Reveals in New Book

April 1, 2020

Professor Proposes Fighting Hate With Economics

December 17, 2019

Maha Albesharah S.J.D. ’19 To Return to Kuwait as Law Professor

December 13, 2019

Professor Outlines Challenges Facing Wealth Tax Proposals

December 4, 2019

In New Book, Michael Livermore Delves Into Data’s Possibilities

June 3, 2019

Window on Climate Change May Be Even Smaller Than Feared

April 11, 2019

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