Media Contact:
Catherine Behan
Communications Manager
Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Office: 703-993-4960
Email: cbehan1@gmu.edu
Robert Cooter
Professor of Law, University of California at Berkeleyrcooter@law.berkeley.edu
Biography
Robert Cooter is a professor of law at the University of California at Berkeley and a pioneer in the field of law and economics. Professor Cooter is one of the founders of the American Law and Economics Association and served as its president from 1994-95. In 1999, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He has authored and coauthored several books, including one of the leading textbooks on law and economics. Professor Cooter holds a BA from Swarthmore College, a MA from Oxford University, and a PhD from Harvard University.
Events
- 2007 Capital Campus California Retreat
- Foundations of Law and Policy for Economic Growth in California
- Investigating the Basis of Property: An Action Oriented Planning Workshop
- Understanding the Process of Economic Change
- Why American Democracy Works: The Important Role of Government Competition
- Politics, Markets, and Social Change
- Beliefs, Institutions and Social Change
- Cognition, Learning and Social Change
