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Specialized course: Law & Economics part II

The course Law and Economics part II aims to give students deeper understanding of the economic analysis of law. The overall theme of the course is to understand how financial incentives interact with the formation of laws and contracts in various fields.


Law & Economics part II is given as an elective course within the framework of the law program at the Department of Law, Stockholm University. The course is open to students at the Department of Law and the Department of Economics who successfully have concluded Law and Economics 1. Exchange students admitted by the department are also given access to the course.


Read more about exchange programmes at the Department of Law 

 

After completion of the course the student will be able to:

  • Apply key areas of law and economics and describe how these methods of analysis explain how socioeconomic effectiveness can influence and be influenced by the formation of laws and contracts.
  • Understand how legal economic reasoning can be applied in different fields with structural incentives as a basis for the analysis and explain how different hypotheses can influence the analysis.

 

  • Course structure


    Follow the link below to read more about the course details.

    Syllabus - Law and Economics part II

     

    Teaching format


    Instruction is given in the form of seminars. The language of instruction is English.
     

    Assessment


    Examination is carried out through a written examination.
     

    Examiner


    Björn Lundqvist
     

  • More information


    Learning platform

    During the course, registered students will receive additional course information on the Athena learning platform.

    https://athena.itslearning.com/


    Previous course website

    For those who read this course during a previous semester and then used FastReg as learning platform, you can reach the old website through the link below.

    FastReg


    The Departement

    Read more about education at the Department of Law at Stockholm University on our homepage.

    Education - Department of Law 

     

  • Contact


    Course contact: 
    lawec@juridicum.su.se 

    Course coordinator: 
     

    Course manager: 
    Björn Lundqvist

     

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