Dozens of judicial opinions have held that shareholders own corporations, that directors are agents of shareholders, and even that directors are trustees of shareholders' property. Yet, until now, it has never been proven. These doctrines rest on unsubstantiated assumptions. In this book the...

The process of learning to think like a lawyer is dynamic and evolutionary. First-year students must acquire a set of highly complex and interdependent cognitive skills in a stressful environment. In an attempt to define what it means to think like a lawyer, we began a course of research to be...

This Article recounts my unique adventures in higher education, including being a Princeton University freshman mathematics major at age 14, Harvard University applied mathematics graduate student at age 17, economics or finance faculty at multiple schools, first-year law student at the...

Taking into account the importance for the Court of Justice in the European Union's institutional system, especially the fact that by the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon there has been a reform in the functioning of the European Union as a whole, this study attempts to highlight the...

Justice Scalia defends textualism as the only form of interpretation that should govern judicial interpretation of statutes and the Constitution. The book begins with an essay by Justice Scalia establishing the framework of his interpretive model and arguing that his model is mandated to achieve...

This article explores various methods of grade normalization used by law schools. Based on a survey of 116 responding ABA accredited law schools, 84% have some form of grade normalization policy, and the trend is toward adoption of grade normalization. The survey assessed the types of...

This article aims to demonstrate how the project of the ‘European Union’ evolved both in the interwar period and in the years following the Second World War, focusing on promoters of the idea of federal Europe who attempted to find the best ways for building a suitable European Community...

In Greece there is no established discipline of law and economics yet, if by this we mean a coherent body of work and a group of scholars dedicated to its promotion. There are only some recent and hesitant attempts by some scholars to introduce law and economics to Greek legal bibliography and a...

The recent increase in the demand for expert economic analysis in antitrust litigation has improved the welfare of economists; however, the law and economics literature is silent on the effects of economic complexity or judges’ economic training on judicial decision-making. We use a unique...

European External Action Service (EEAS) is a new institution of the European Union, whose foundation was laid by the Treaty of Lisbon with the role to support the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in fulfilling his mandate and, also to assist the President...