Call for papers, annual meeting of American Law and Economics Association Meeting

From: Rob Shannon <rshannon_at_nber.org>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:53:18 -0500

TO: NBER Researchers

FROM: Lucian Bebchuk

Attached is a call for papers for the annual meeting of the American Law
and Economics Association meeting. The meeting will take place at Columbia
University in NYC on May 16-17, 2008 and the deadline for submissions is
January 31, 2008.

The annual meeting of the American Law and Economics Association brings
together researchers from law schools, economics departments, business
schools, and elsewhere to present and discuss current projects in a wide
range of areas in law and economics and law and finance. In particular, the
annual meeting of this year will have one or more sessions in each of the
following areas:

" Antitrust and Regulated Industries

" Bankruptcy and Creditors' Rights

" Behavioral Law and Economics

" Civil Rights and Discrimination

" Contracts

" Commercial Law

" Corporate Law and Corporate Governance: Policy and Theory

" Corporate Law and Corporate Governance: Empirical

" Corporate and Securities Law: Comparative and International

" Securities Regulation, Financial Institutions, and Capital Markets
Regulation

" Theory of the Firm, including Non-Profits and Governmental Organizations

" Criminal Law and Enforcement

" Health Law

" Family and Gender

" Intellectual Property

" International Law, International Trade, and Immigration

" Labor and Employment Law

" Law and Development

" The Legal Process, including Litigation, Procedure, Evidence, Courts, and
Lawyers

" Negotiations and Deal-Making

" Property

" Environmental Law and Economics

" Political Economy/Public Choice

" Public Law /Administrative Law

" Taxation, Public Finance, and Social Welfare

" Torts and Compensation Systems

      Authors are invited to submit their papers electronically at the
website of the conference on the Association's website:
<http://www.amlecon.org/>http://www.amlecon.org/

      This website also includes further information about the submission
process and the meeting, as well as about prior meetings of the Association.

Received on Thu Jan 24 2008 - 16:53:18 EST