Over the past two decades, the field of law and economics has matured to the point where
scholars have employed the latest economic methods in an effort to understand the nature of …

I See Richard H. Walker et al., The New Securities Class Action: Federal Obstacles, State
Detours, 39 Ariz. L. Rev. 641, 641-46 (1997)(describing criticisms offered of securities class …

It is widely recognized that the Patent Office grants overly-broad patents because it has
deficient knowledge of the relevant prior art, especially in high technology areas with …

International investment and related disputes are on the rise. With national courts generally
unavailable and difficulties resolving disputes through diplomacy, investment treaties give …

Lawyers' fees and lawyers' billing practices are the subject of much commentary, humorous
and otherwise. Given that the size and nature of lawyers' fees are of great importance to …

Jurisdictional competition for legal business is intense. States in the United States have long
competed for legal business,'and the phenomenon is growing in Europe. 2 Attorney-fee …

Parties in international commercial arbitrations sometimes receive rude surprises when it
comes to claims for costs and attorneys' fees. In some cases arbitral tribunals award the …

This book examines the approach to costs and funding of civil litigation from a comparative
perspective. Its first part sets out the results of a major study that was carried out by two of the …

Contract theory has long posited that parties can maximize contract value by manipulating
the procedural rules that will apply if there is a dispute. Beyond choosing a litigation or …

This article discusses the common law, the judge-made law of property, contracts, torts and
beyond. Common law observers and commentators have been rightly jarred by the claim of …