William Landes
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William M. Landes is an economist who has written widely about the economic analysis of law.
Landes received his Ph.D. in Economics from Columbia University. He taught in the Economics Departments of Stanford University, Columbia University, the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and The University of Chicago before joining the faculty of the University of Chicago Law School.
Prof. William M. Landes is also a board member of the Smart Museum of Art, which is located in the University of Chicago's Hyde Park Campus. The Elizabeth & William M. Landes Gallery within the Smart Museum of Art features works created between the 1880s and the late 1950s.
Landes has a longstanding collaborative relationship with Richard Posner.
Despite being a Conservative, Landes is a renowned collecter of left-wing and homoerotic art. [1]
Landes is also considered to be one of the most fashionable and best dressed professors in the United States.[citation needed]
[edit] Selected bibliography
The Economic Structure of Intellectual Property Law (Harvard Univ. Press 2003) (with Richard A. Posner).
"The Economics of Legal Disputes Over The Ownership of Works of Art and Other Collectibles, " in Essays in the Economics of the Arts, V. A. Ginsburgh & P.-M. Menger, eds. (Elsevier Science, 1996) (with Richard A. Posner).
The Economic Structure of Tort Law, (Harvard Univ. Press 1987) (with Richard A. Posner).
"Causation in Tort Law: An Economic Approach," Journal of Legal Studies (January 1983) (with Richard A. Posner).
"An Economic Theory of Intentional Torts," International Review of Law and Economics (December 1981) (with Richard A. Posner).
"The Positive Economic Theory of Tort Law," Georgia Law Review (Summer 1981) (with Richard A. Posner).
Essays in the Economics of Crime and Punishment, (National Bureau of Economic Research 1974)(edited with Gary S. Becker).
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