Law and Economics have become central organizing philosophies in U.S. legal education. With the Fourth Edition of their best-selling text, Cooter and Ulen continue to provide students with a clear method for applying economic analysis to the study of legal rules and institutions. Following an overview of economic tools for law students and legal analysis tools for economics students, paired cha…
Every jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark tobacco trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to…