European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE) Seminars
The EDLE Seminars are the forum of discussion for PhD students participating in the European Doctorate of Law and Economics (EDLE). They run yearly at the Rotterdam Institute of Law and Economics (RILE) from October until March, normally on Thursday afternoons. PhD candidates are required to present their work-in-progress at the seminars, where they discuss it with the RILE staff and the visiting professors. The PhD students are also encouraged to submit their research papers to the RILE Working Paper Series.
Every year, the EDLE seminars host a number of invited speakers, on topics that are related to the ongoing research of the PhD students. External Law and Economics researchers are encouraged to submit a proposal for the EDLE seminars. When it falls within the current research subjects of EDLE, they can be invited in Rotterdam to discuss it with the RILE staff and the PhD students. Papers presented at the EDLE seminars are very welcome for submission to the RILE Working Paper Series.
Each year the EDLE seminars series will be concluded with a two day seminar, in cooperation with staff and PhD students of Maastricht University and the University of Paris X. The next closing seminar on 'The Future of Law and Economics' will be held in Paris in March 2012.
The future of law and economics
A seminar for PhD students of Paris X, Maastricht University, Erasmus School of Law and the European Doctorate in Law & Economics (EDLE)
In March 2009, PhD students working on topics with respect to the economic analysis of law (also law and economics) came together in Paris as a result of a cooperation between the universities of Maastricht, Paris, Erasmus School of Law and the European Doctorate in Law and Economics (EDLE). The idea was to provide a forum to PhD students to present their ongoing PhD research and receive feedback from senior law and economics scholars from the other institutions as well as from their colleagues. This first seminar was a great success whereby it was considered very fruitful to have this mutual exchange of ideas and stimulating criticisms.
The second seminar was organized by the Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam in March 2010.
On 3 and 4 March 2011 the third seminar was held at Maastricht University.
The seminar of 2012 will again be organised in Paris.
The title of the seminar remains “The Future of Law and Economics”, symbolizing the fact that the PhD candidates constitute the future of law and economics and realizing that much of the research they undertake is in fact path-breaking and innovative.
Contact: Marianne Breijer.
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Guest lecture series by Prof. Jonathan Klick on Empirical Legal Studies
From Monday 2 – Thursday 5 April from 10.00 – 11.45 hours Prof. Jonathan Klick will give a guest lecture series on Empirical Legal Studies at the Erasmus School of Law. After the lectures and in the week thereafter it is possible to make individual appointments with Prof. Klick.
Legal scholarship has grown increasingly empirical with researchers attempting to test legal theories that had previously been based on anecdotes or intuitions. Taking a cue from modern microeconometrics, economists working in empirical legal studies have focused primary attention on the issue of causality. Because we generally cannot run controlled experiments in legal and policy contexts, a number of issues arise with respect to causal inference. These lectures will highlight strategies used in empirical law and economics to isolate how legal and regulatory changes affect individual behaviour. The course will be an introduction to statistical methods used in law and economics and empirical legal studies. The course will ensure that the participants can be critical consumers of empirical research used in modern social science scholarship, and it will offer you a starting point for performing your own empirical law and economics research.
The seminar series is open to all who are interested and is free of charge.
Registration for the lecture series: breijer@law.eur.nl
For individual appointments: arw@law.eur.nl
Published March 2012
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Schedule of EDLE Seminars 2011-2012
Submit a proposal for EDLE seminars 2011-2012
Research subjects in EDLE
For current subjects / PhD students in EDLE press here.
