Midwestern Law & Economics Association
Annual Meeting 2003
Tentative Program as of September 10th, 2003
Day 1: Friday, October 10
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
530 West New York Street, Room 385
8:00-8:45 Continental Breakfast Buffet
8:45am Introductory Remarks
9:00-10:30am Panel A: Property
 | Fennell, Lee: Residential Pools |
| Lipson, Jonathan: Contract, Notice and the Privatization of Property |
| Stake, Jeffrey: The Efficiency, or not, of the Fee Tail and the Common Law |
10:30-10:45 Caffeine & Carbohydrates
10:45-12:15 Panel B: Business and Charity
| Katz, Rob: Does Charity Law Promote Efficiency? |
| Ribstein, Larry: The Structure of the Fiduciary Relationship |
| Sitkoff, Rob: Follow the Money: The Competition Between Domestic and Offshore Jurisdictions for Trust Business |
12:15-1:15 Lunch in Faculty Lounge
1:15-2:45 Panel C: Torts
| Avraham, Ronen: Pain & Suffering Damages |
| Barondes, Royce: Valuing Breach of Registration Rights |
| Rasmusen, Eric: Tortuous Interference in Contract |
2:45-3:00 Caffeine & Carbohydrates
3:00-4:30 Panel D: Theory
| Grossman, Peter Z: Is Anything Naturally a Monopoly? |
| Hsu, Shi-Ling: Fairness v Efficiency in Environmental Law |
| Malloy, Robin: The Normative Sciences at the Intersection of Law and Market Theory |
6:20 Van leaves hotel; 7:00 Drinks; and 7:30 Dinner, Nicholas & Liz Georgakopoulos residence.
Day 2: Saturday,
October 11, 2003
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
530 West New York Street, Room 385
8:15am Continental Breakfast Buffet
9:00-10:30 Panel E: Regulatory
| Hill, Claire: How German Contracts do as Much or More with Fewer Words |
| Kesan, Jay: Private and Social Costs of Patent System |
| Nash, Jonathan: Induced Travel and the Case for New Capacity Peak Charging Regimes as a Response to Traffic Congestion |
10:30-10:45 Caffeine & Carbohydrates
10:45-12:15 Panel F: Empirical Studies
| Brinig, Peg: Unhappy Contracts: The Case of Divorce |
| Drahozal, Chris: Ex Ante Selection of Disputes for Litigation |
| Ginsburg, Tom: Leximetrics: Why the Same Laws are Longer in Some Countries than Others (with Bob Cooter) |
12:15-1:15 Lunch at Faculty Lounge
1:15-2:45 Panel G: The Last Panel
| Dau-Schmidt, Ken: An Empirical Investigation of the Careers of Men and Women Lawyers: A Preliminary Discussion |
| Lindgren, Jim: Chasing Cherished Superstitions About Conservatives |
| Ulen, Tom: The Unexpected Guest: What Law and Economics Has Meant for Legal Scholarship |
2:45 Depart for golf and other activities, according to weather and interest
As mentioned in the original announcement, Indianapolis has
numerous attractions for you and your families, including a
nationally reputed Museum
of Art, the largest Children's
Museum in the world,
and a wonderful canal
& walk that winds
past the state capitol, the Eiteljorg
Museum of American Indian Art,
the NCAA
headquarters and museum,
the State
Historical Museum, the zoo,
and botanical gardens.
In addition, Indianapolis is home to world-class restaurants and great
shopping that includes a mall
that joined four blocks
and revitalized the downtown (the legal side of which is in this
book by ex-IU-Indy
Professor Malloy). This link is to a website contains additional information
about Indy.Additional sporting entertainment is provided by the Colts (NFL), Pacers (NBA), Fever (WBA), Indians (AAA), Blast (Soccer), Ice (Hockey), Firebirds (Arena Football) or one of the college teams--Jaguars (IUPUI), Bulldogs (Butler) or Greyhounds (U of Indianapolis). Let us not forget the Speedway, and most particularly the Major Taylor Velodrome.
We look forward to seeing you in Indianapolis in October.
With best regards,
Nicholas L. Georgakopoulos (homepage)
Indiana Univ. Sch. of Law - Indianapolis
530 West New York Street (map)
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225 USA
(317) 274-1825
Dan Cole (homepage)
Indiana University School of Law - Indianapolis
530 W. New York St.
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3225
(317) 274-2340