Prof. Dr. Robert.D. Cooter

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsBusiness Law, Copyright Law,Theory of Law, Philosophy of Law, Sociology of Law,General Public Law, Administrative Law
KeywordsLaw and economic development, Legal reform in developing countries

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityBerkeley
InstitutionUniversity of California, Berkeley
InstituteSchool of Law

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans-Bernd SchäferInstitut für Recht und Ökonomik, Universität Hamburg, Hamburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/12/1994

Programme(s)

1994Max Planck Research Award Programme
2004Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Prof. Robert D. Cooter is Herman F. Selvin Professor of Law at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law. He is one of the outstanding pioneers in the field of law and economics. Robert Cooter has published articles on the economics of contract law, tort law, property and many other fields of private law as well as of constitutional and regulatory law. He is co-author together with Thomas Ulen of the leading textbook in law and economics, Law & Economcs, Fourth Edition, 2004. He is also the author of The Strategic Constitution, Princeton University Press, 1997. In 1999, the economics faculty of the University of Hamburg awarded him the title of honorary doctor. He is presently working on a project together with Hans-Bernd Schäfer on the law and economics of development.