This discipline focuses on the economic analysis of law and use of economic concepts to explain the effects of laws.
James Bessen
James Bessen, an economist and technologist, serves as Executive Director of the Technology & Policy Research Initiative at Boston University. He has also been a successful innovator and CEO of a software company. Bessen studies the major economic impacts of technology on society (see New York Times profile), writing academic papers, magazine articles, and books. His latest book, The […]
Madison Condon
Madison Condon joined Boston University School of Law as an associate professor in July 2020. She teaches Corporations, Environmental Law, and a seminar on climate risk and financial institutions. Professor Condon is an expert on climate change, financial risk, and regulation. Her research has been relied upon by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the […]
Wendy J. Gordon
Wendy J. Gordon has taught at Boston University since 1993, having taught at Rutgers, Georgetown, University of Michigan and other schools before arriving here. Her scholarship utilizes economics as well as ethics and analytic philosophy to understand copyright, trademark, and related forms of intellectual property. She is probably best known for her analyses of copyright’s “fair […]
Keith N. Hylton
Keith Hylton, a William Fairfield Warren Distinguished Professor of Boston University and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law, joined the BU Law faculty in 1995 after teaching for six years and receiving tenure at Northwestern University School of Law. He is a prolific scholar who is widely recognized for his work across […]
Stephen G. Marks
Stephen Marks has been a distinguished member of the Boston University community for many years. He began his teaching career in 1981 at the University’s School of Management, where he taught courses in banking, finance, investments, corporations, economics and decision making. Since joining the School of Law faculty in 1988, Professor Marks has taught courses […]
Michael J. Meurer
The son of an economics professor, Michael Meurer knew by the time he was 13 that he, too, wanted to teach at the university level. An SB, JD and PhD later, he became an economics professor at Duke University and later a law professor at the University of Buffalo. He came to Boston University School […]
Benjamin David Pyle
Benjamin Pyle teaches and writes in empirical legal studies, employment law, and criminal law, with a particular focus on how the law influences employment prospects and post-conviction opportunities for people with criminal records. He has published work in law reviews and peer-reviewed journals, including the Notre Dame Law Review and the International Review of Law […]
Frederick Tung
Fred Tung is the Howard Zhang Faculty Research Scholar and Professor of Law at Boston University School of Law. Over the course of his career, he has researched and taught courses in the areas of international business transactions, international economic relations, corporations, and bankruptcy, as well as the governance of financial institutions. Prior to joining the […]
David I. Walker
Professor David Walker is the recipient of BU Law’s Michael Melton Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence and Boston University’s Metcalf Award for Excellence in Teaching. His research lies at the intersection of taxation and corporate governance, with a particular focus on executive compensation. Recent projects include “Employer Losses and Deferred Compensation,” published in the Tax […]
Kathryn Zeiler
Professor Kathryn Zeiler is a Nancy Barton Scholar and Professor of Law. Prior to joining the BU Law faculty in 2015, Professor Zeiler was a Professor of Law at the Georgetown University Law Center (2003 to 2015). She has held visiting professorships at Boston College School of Law, Harvard Law School, NYU School of Law, […]