UO LAW CONFERENCE TO EXPLORE IMPACT OF LAW ON CULTURE, ECONOMY, MARCH 10-11
March 6, 2000
Contact Maureen Shine (541) 346-3145
Source: Kimberly D. Krawiec, UO assistant law professor and conference co-chair, (541) 346-3970
EUGENE–The evolution and impact of law in the United States, from Wall Street to everyday culture, will be explored during a two-day conference at the University of Oregon School of Law, March 10-11.
"Community.Law.Power: New and Critical Approaches to Law and Economics," is the theme of the conference. The law school’s Law and Entrepreneurship Center is sponsoring the conference that will take place at the William W. Knight Law Center, 1515 Agate St.
"We’ll be hearing from academics on the cutting edge of legal theory who are exploring new ways to analyze the law and its impact on the economy and culture," says Kimberly Krawiec, UO assistant law professor and conference co-chair. "This conference will take a multidisciplinary approach to looking at the law, from the way the stock market is regulated to the social norms around such behaviors as smoking in public places."
The conference also will include this year’s Order of the Coif lecture. The Order of the Coif organization annually sponsors a national lecture series designed to give member schools additional opportunities to present lectures by distinguished members of the legal profession and thereby encourage and advance legal scholarship.
Robert D. Cooter, law professor, University of California, Berkley, and an award-winning nationally recognized pioneer in the field of law and economics, will deliver this keynote lecture and receive the Coif Lecture Award. Cooter’s lecture, "Law from Order: The Evolution of Law from Social Norms," takes place at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 10, in Room 175 of the law center. The lecture is free and open to the public.
The conference includes the following presentations, all of which take place in Room 141 of the Knight Law Center:
Saturday, March 11
8:30—10:15 a.m. Norms Theory
"Accounting for Greed: Wall Street Norms and the ‘Rogue Trader,’" Kimberly D. Krawiec, assistant professor, UO School of Law.
"Legal Symbols and Group Conflict," Richard H. McAdams, professor, University of Illinois College of Law.
"Norms, Legitimacy, and Law Enforcement," Tracey Louise Meares, professor, University of Chicago School of Law.
10:30 a.m.—Noon
Behavioral Economics, Law & Psychology"Property Rules, Liability Rules, and the Endowment Effect," Russell B. Korobkin, professor, University of Illinois College of Law.
"Heuristics and Biases in the Courts: Ignorance or Adaptation?"
Jeffrey J. Rachlinski, professor, Cornell Law School.
"Your Money or Your Life: Some Speculations About Affect, Meaning, Judgement, and Valuation,"
Paul Slovic, professor, UO Dept. of Psychology.1—2:30 p.m.
Critical Approaches to Property Institutions"Property Theory Matters," Michael A. Heller, professor, University of Michigan Law School.
"Anger, Remorse, and Bargaining over Property Rights,
" Peter H. Huang, professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School.Commentator: Carol Marguerite Rose, professor, Yale Law School.
2:30—4 p.m.
The Economics of Race and Gender"Strategic Identity," Devon W. Carbado and Mitu Gulati, professors, School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles.
"African American Economic Strategies for Mass Media Empowerment,"
Dennis Greene, professor, UO School of Law.
"Economic Rationality in Legal Scholarship: Posner vs. the Nobelists,"
Jeanne Schroeder, professor, Cardozo School of Law, Yeshiva University.
4—4:30 p.m. Closing Remarks
Kimberly D. Krawiec, assistant professor, and James M. O’Fallon, professor, UO School of Law.
The Oregon State Bar is awarding seven continuing legal education (CLE) credits for attorneys who attend the entire conference.
For more information about the conference or to register, contact Judy Sprauer, program manager, Law and Entrepreneurship Center, UO School of Law, (541) 346-3994. The registration fee is $35. On-line conference information and registration are available on the web at
http://www.law.uoregon.edu/%7Elec/leconf/.—30—
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