The course methodology of Law & Economics begins with a series of ‘ foundational’ sessions that introduce the students to fundamental legal and economic perspectives on the problem of social organisation. The purpose of these sessions is to both highlight the deep differences between a legal and an economic perspective and identify how a joint legal and economic perspective may be of added value. To do so we will revisit some of the fundamental legal and economic texts and juxtapose the approaches in interactive sessions with the students.
The second part of the course will be concerned with the actual methodologies that are employed within legal and economic approaches. During working seminars the students will become acquitted with fundamentals of applied research methods, including the structural elements of setting up economic experiments. Next, students will be taught basic statistical techniques to carry out empirical research. In addition, students will be introduced to methods in legal research and eventually develop an interdisciplinary research question that integrates a legal and economic perspective on a societal problem.
Learning objectives
After this course, the student is able to:
- Understand the fundamental differences of a legal and economic perspective on the problem of social organisation;
- Identify the added value of both an integrated law and economic approach to the problem of social organisation;
- Apply elementary statistical techniques to existing datasets and to make statistical inferences;
- Understand basic theories and methods of legal research;
- Define an interdisciplinary law & economics research question with respect to a societal problem.
Format
Lectures and seminars
Assessment method
Methodology paper (75%)
Practical assignment (25%)
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