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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2026
College College of Law and Politics
Course Code EX482
Theme・Subtitle
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Lecture
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Thu.1
ログインして教室を表示する(Log in to view the classrooms.)
Credits 2
Course Number LPX1901
Language English
Class Registration Method Course Code Registration
Assigned Year 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
Prerequisite Regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges 履修登録システムの『他学部・他研究科履修不許可科目一覧』で確認してください。
Course Cancellation 〇(履修中止可/ Eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
https://www.rikkyo.ac.jp/about/disclosure/educational_policy/lp.html
Notes

【Course Objectives】

Gaining familiarity with basic concepts of private law and understanding its significance from an economic perspective.

【Course Contents】

Since the early 1960s, economics has been an important analytical tool for understanding the effects of legal rules on how people behave. This course provides a fundamental economic analysis of core areas of private law: property, torts and contracts. The course is aimed at a general audience of students. No economic background is needed to take the course.

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 Introduction
2 Property (1): Coase Theorem
3 Property (2): Transaction Costs
4 Property (3): Remedies for Infringement on Property Interests
5 Property (4): Takings
6 Property (5): Intellectual Property
7 Torts (1): Traditional Theory of Tort Liability
8 Torts (2): Economic Theory of Tort Liability
9 Torts (3): Products Liability / Punitive Damages
10 Torts (4): Judicial Errors / Joint and Several Liability
11 Contracts (1): Enforcement of Contracts
12 Contracts (2): Remedies for Breach of Contracts
13 Contracts (3): Formation Defenses and Performance Excuses
14 Review and Summary

【活用される授業方法 / Teaching Methods Used】

板書 /Writing on the Board
スライド(パワーポイント等)の使用 /Slides (PowerPoint, etc.)
上記以外の視聴覚教材の使用 /Audiovisual Materials Other than Those Listed Above
個人発表 /Individual Presentations
グループ発表 /Group Presentations
ディスカッション・ディベート /Discussion/Debate
実技・実習・実験 /Practicum/Experiments/Practical Training
学内の教室外施設の利用 /Use of On-Campus Facilities Outside the Classroom
校外実習・フィールドワーク /Field Work
上記いずれも用いない予定 /None of the above

【授業時間外(予習・復習等)の学修 / Study Required Outside of Class】

Students are required to read the relevant sections of the textbook before attending each class session (approx. 2 hours).

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
筆記試験 (Written Exam) 100
備考 (Notes)
Assessment will be based primarily on the final exam.

【テキスト / Textbooks】

No著者名 (Author/Editor)書籍名 (Title)出版社 (Publisher)出版年 (Date)ISBN/ISSN
1 Robert B. Cooter Jr. and Thomas Ulen Law and Economics Pearson Education Limited 2014 9781292021843
その他 (Others)
At the time of this writing, students can freely download a PDF version of the textbook from the following website.
http://www.econ.jku.at/t3/staff/winterebmer/teaching/law_economics/ss19/6th_edition.pdf

【参考文献 / Readings】

No著者名 (Author/Editor)書籍名 (Title)出版社 (Publisher)出版年 (Date)ISBN/ISSN
1 Harold Winter Trade-Offs: An Introduction to Economic Reasoning The University of Chicago Press 2023 9780226828886
2 Mitchell Polinsky An Introduction to Law and Economics Wolters Kluwer 2019 9781454894070

【履修にあたって求められる能力 / Abilities Required to Take the Course】

Introductory courses in microeconomics and game theory will help understand this course, but they are not prerequisites.

【学生が準備すべき機器等 / Equipment, etc., that Students Should Prepare】

【その他 / Others】

【注意事項 / Notice】