In the past decade behavioral economics has established itself as a contender to the throne of neoclassical economics in the economic analysis of law. The pros and cons of behavioral as compared to neoclassical economics have been vigorously debated at the general, methodology level. But the...

How do we understand human nature? The purpose of this Essay is to examine the relationship between human nature and social institutions. More concretely, the question is: What does an accurate account of human nature tell us about the choice of a desirable set of social institutions? Accounts...