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Kar

Állam- és Jogtudományi Kar

Szervezet

ÁJTK Közgazdaságtan és Statisztika Tanszék

Kód

JNX:ERASMUS:Z20

Cím

Public Law and Economics

Tervezett félév

Mindkét

Meghirdetve

2024/25/1

ECTS

5

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

This course applies economic reasoning to public law, including constitutional and administrative law. It is a ‘sister course’ to Law and Economics (spring semester), which discusses private and criminal laws. The two courses can be taken independently and in any sequence. Economics can help lawyers understand (1) why laws arise and how people respond to them; (2) whether laws contribute to social welfare and other goals; and (3) how laws can be interpreted and applied meaningfully. We focus on public law, whose unifying concept is that it involves the state or the government. Public law establishes political bodies and administrative agencies, regulates their activities, enumerates constitutional rights, and deals with public policies such as education, healthcare, pollution, immigration, discrimination. While we cover all these areas, the course is structured, instead, by six economic processes that are common to many of them: bargaining, voting, entrenching, delegating, adjudicating, and enforcing laws. For each process, we first introduce the basic concepts and theories, and then apply them to specific legal issues. We closely follow the innovative textbook by Cooter and Gilbert. However, we extend its focus: while it mostly sticks to applications in the US legal system, we complement it with examples from other countries. The general approach has a strong comparative character, rather than a focus on any specific legal system. There is no formal prerequisite for this course but basic familiarity with economics is assumed.

Tantárgy tartalma

Introduction to Public Law and Economics Chapter 1 Theory of Bargaining Chapter 2 Bargaining Applications Chapter 3 Theory of Voting Chapter 4 Voting Applications Chapter 5 Theory of Entrenchment Chapter 6 Entrenchment Applications Chapter 7 Autumn Break Theory of Delegation Chapter 8 Delegation Applications Chapter 9 Theory of Adjudication Chapter 10 Adjudication Applications Chapter 11 Theory of Enforcement Chapter 12 Enforcement Applications

Számonkérés és értékelés

The course uses the method of problem-based learning. Students are expected to - read and digest weekly assigned readings according to pre-assigned questions - do a minor problem-solving exercise every week on their own - participate actively in classroom discussion - write three major home assignment during the semester. Final grade is based on 3 home assignments and classroom performance. Each assignment is graded: acceptable = 1 point, good = 2 points, excellent = 3 points.

Irodalomjegyzék

Compulsory textbook: - Cooter, Robert and Michael D. Gilbert: Public Law and Economics. Oxford University Press, 2022. Freely downloadable here: https://publiclawandeconomics.org/

Ajánlott irodalom

Recommended readings: - Miceli, Thomas J., The Economic Approach to Law. Stanford University Press, 2004. - Bouckaert, B. and G. De Geest (eds.), Encyclopedia of Law and Economics, Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2000. http://encyclo.findlaw.com/tablebib.html - Friedman, David D.: Law’s Order. Princeton – Oxford, Princeton University Press, 2000. - Posner, Richard A.: Economic Analysis of Law (8th edition). New York: Aspen. 2011. - Shavell, Steven, Foundations of Economic Analysis of Law, Belknap Press, 2004 - Teitelbaum, Joshua: Research Handbook on Behavioural Law and Economics. Edward Elgar, 2019.

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