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The Politics of Private Law in Historical and Comparative Perspective

Class 12: Friday 3/7 - The Politics of Consumer Protection Through Private Law

Reading(s): Jay Fineman, Un-Making Law: The Classical Revival in the Common Law, 28 Seattle U. L. Rev. 1 (2004), PAGES 1-21, 26-39, 48-59 Joshua Wright & Douglas Ginsberg, Behavioral Law and Economics: Its Origins, Fatal Flaws, and Implications for Liberty, 106 Northwestern L. Rev. 1033, PAGES 1034-36,1041-1044, 1048-52, 1057-58, 1067-88