The concept of " institutional corruption" as developed by Professor Dennis Thompson is a critically important way to understand the failings of a modern democratic state. In this paper, Professor Lessig advances one way to simplify the analysis of "institutional corruption," through the...

The concept of "institutional corruption" as developed by Professor Dennis Thompson is a critically important way to understand the failings of a modern democratic state. In this paper, Professor Lessig advances one way to simplify the analysis of "institutional corruption," through the...

This article uses citations to the published opinions of judges on the federal courts of appeals who had six or more years tenure at the end of 1995 to estimate empirically the influence of individual judges. We rank judges on the basis of both total influence (citations adjusted for judicial...

In this essay, the author introduces an approach ("The New Chicago School") to the question of regulation that aims at synthesizing economic and norm accounts of the regulation of behavior. The essay links that approach to the work of others and identifies gaps that the approach might throw into...