Richard H. McAdams

University of Chicago Law School

Bernard D. Meltzer Professor

1111 E. 60th St.

Chicago, IL 60637

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1.

Collective Bargaining Rights and Police Misconduct: Evidence from Florida

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Collective Bargaining Rights and Police Misconduct: Evidence from Florida

University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 831, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 655, Journal of Law, Economics, & Organization, forthcoming
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 05 Jan 2018 Last Revised: 25 Jun 2021
Dhammika Dharmapala, Richard H. McAdams and John Rappaport
UC Berkeley School of Law, University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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Collective bargaining rights; Police unions; Police misconduct; Law enforcement

Collective Bargaining and Police Misconduct: Evidence from Florida

CESifo Working Paper No. 7718
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 23 Jul 2019
Dhammika Dharmapala, Richard H. McAdams and John Rappaport
UC Berkeley School of Law, University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago - Law School
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collective bargaining rights, police unions, police misconduct, law enforcement

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Beyond the Prisoners' Dilemma: Coordination, Game Theory, and Law

Southern California Law Review, Vol. 82, 2009, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 437, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 241
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 23 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 12 Jan 2009
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Behavioral Criminal Law and Economics

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 440, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 244, U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE08-035
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 12 Nov 2008
Richard H. McAdams and Thomas S. Ulen
University of Chicago Law School and University of Illinois College of Law
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Norms in Law and Economics

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Aug 2004
Richard H. McAdams and Eric Bennett Rasmusen
University of Chicago Law School and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Economics & Public Policy
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Norms, behavior, conventions, law

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A Focal Point Theory of Expressive Law

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A Focal Point Theory of Expressive Law

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 09 Jan 2001
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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A Focal Point Theory of Expressive Law

Number of pages: 81 Posted: 03 Aug 2001
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Adjudicating in Anarchy: An Expressive Theory of International Dispute Resolution

U Illinois Law & Econ. Research Paper No. LE03-013; Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 291
Number of pages: 102 Posted: 28 Jan 2004
Tom Ginsburg and Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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Empathy and Masculinity in Harper Lee's to Kill a Mockingbird

Ch. 13 (pp. 239-261) in American Guy: Masculinity in American Law and Literature, edited by Saul Levmore and Martha C. Nussbaum (Oxford University Press, 2014), U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 539
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 19 Aug 2015
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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An Attitudinal Theory of Expressive Law

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Jan 2001
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Economic Costs of Inequality

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 370, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 189
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 10 Nov 2007
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Words that Kill: An Economic Perspective on Hate Speech and Hate Crimes

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 14 Feb 2002
Dhammika Dharmapala and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law and University of Chicago Law School
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Fairness in Law and Economics: Introduction

Fairness in Law and Economics (Lee Anne Fennell & Richard H. McAdams, eds.) (Edward Elgar 2013), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 704, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 489
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Oct 2014
Lee Anne Fennell and Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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fairness, law and economics

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Testing the Focal Point Theory of Legal Compliance: Expressive Influence in an Experimental Hawk/Dove Game

Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, Vol. 2, pp. 87-123, 2005 , U Illinois Law & Econ. Research Paper No. LE03-011, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 03-14, Yale Law & Economics Research Paper No. 285
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 12 Aug 2003
Richard H. McAdams and Janice Nadler
University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern University - School of Law
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The Distributive Deficit in Law and Economics

100 Minnesota Law Review 1051 (2016), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 713, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 498
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 03 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Lee Anne Fennell and Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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redistribution, tax-and-transfer, legal rules, law and economics, welfare economics

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Asking GPT for the Ordinary Meaning of Statutory Terms

MPI Collective Goods Discussion Paper, No. 2024/5
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 06 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2024
Christoph Engel and Richard H. McAdams
Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and University of Chicago Law School
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Introduction to the Symposium on Empirical and Experimental Methods in Law

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 26 Jun 2003
Richard H. McAdams and Thomas S. Ulen
University of Chicago Law School and University of Illinois College of Law
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Libertarian Paternalism, Path Dependence, and Temporary Law

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 81, pp. 291-359 (2014), University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 645, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 431
Number of pages: 69 Posted: 19 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2016
Tom Ginsburg, Jonathan S. Masur and Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School, University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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The Condorcet Jury Theorem and the Expressive Function of Law: A Theory of Informative Law

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The Condorcet Jury Theorem and the Expressive Function of Law: A Theory of Informative Law

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 26 Feb 2001
Dhammika Dharmapala and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law and University of Chicago Law School
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The Condorcet Jury Theorem and the Expressive Function of Law: A Theory of Informative Law

Posted: 19 Aug 2002
Dhammika Dharmapala and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law and University of Chicago Law School

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Condorcet Jury Theorem, Expressive effect of law, Legislation, Voting, Position-taking preferences, Lobbying, Legislative institutions

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Inversion Aversion

86 University of Chicago Law Review 797 (2019)
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 14 Aug 2017 Last Revised: 09 Apr 2019
Lee Anne Fennell and Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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Legal Theories, Coase Theorem, Prisoners' Dilemma, Tiebout Hypothesis, Distributive Justice, Redistribution, Tax and Transfer

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Coordinating in the Shadow of the Law: Two Contextualized Tests of the Focal Point Theory of Legal Compliance

Law & Society Review, Vol. 42, pp. 865-898, 2008, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 406, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 184, Northwestern Law & Econ Research Paper No. 08-04
Number of pages: 59 Posted: 24 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 01 Apr 2009
Richard H. McAdams and Janice Nadler
University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern University - School of Law
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expressive law, legitimacy, compliance, coordination, negotiation, mixed motive games, hawk-dove game, chicken game, battle of the sexes game, default rules

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Punitive Police? Agency Costs, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Procedure

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Punitive Police? Agency Costs, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Procedure

Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-47, University of Chicago Coase-Sandor Institute for Law & Economics Research Paper No. 644
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 15 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 10 Apr 2015
Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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Punitive Police? Agency Costs, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Procedure

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 5310
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 07 May 2015
Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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law enforcement, intrinsic motivation, punishment, criminal procedure

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The Surprisingly Complex Case Against Theft

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The Surprisingly Complex Case Against Theft

International Review of Law and Economics, September 1997
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 01 Feb 1997
Richard L. Hasen and Richard H. McAdams
UCLA School of Law - UCLA School of Law and University of Chicago Law School
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The Surprisingly Complex Case Against Theft

International Review of Law and Economics, Vol. 16, No. 6 (1997).
Posted: 28 Jan 1997
Richard L. Hasen and Richard H. McAdams
UCLA School of Law - UCLA School of Law and University of Chicago Law School

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The Cross-Examination of Mayella Ewell

69 Alabama Law Review 579 (2018), U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 854
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Jun 2018
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Litigating the Blue Wall of Silence: How to Challenge the Police Privilege to Delay Investigation

University of Chicago Legal Forum, Forthcoming, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 555
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 10 Jan 2016 Last Revised: 02 Feb 2016
Aziz Z. Huq and Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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Fourth Amendment, police force, tort liability, collective bargaining agreements

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Do Exclusionary Rules Convict the Innocent?

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Do Exclusionary Rules Convict the Innocent?

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 569, Illinois Program in Law, Behavior and Social Science Paper No. LBSS11-30, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 11-11
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 22 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2012
Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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Exclusionary rules, evidence, juries

Do Exclusionary Rules Convict the Innocent?

Forthcoming in Matthew Baker and Thomas Miceli (eds.) "Research Handbook on Economic Models of Law," Edward Elgar Publishing, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 13-30
Posted: 06 Dec 2012 Last Revised: 16 Jan 2013
Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and University of Chicago Law School

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exclusionary rules, evidence, juries

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Belief in a Just World, Blaming the Victim, and Hate Crime Statutes

U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 438, Review of Law & Economics, 2008, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 242
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 28 Apr 2006 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2008
Dhammika Dharmapala, Nuno Garoupa and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law, George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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Hate crimes, behavioral economics

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Reforming Entrapment Doctrine in United States v. Hollingsworth

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 74, 2007, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 362, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 185
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 23 Sep 2007 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2007
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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undercover operations, entrapment, predisposition

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The Law of Police

University of Chicago Law Review, Vol. 82, 2014, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 505
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Feb 2015
Richard H. McAdams, Dhammika Dharmapala and Nuno Garoupa
University of Chicago Law School, UC Berkeley School of Law and George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School
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Vengeance, Complicity and Criminal Law in Othello

SHAKESPEARE AND THE LAW: A CONVERSATION AMONG DISCIPLINES AND PROFESSIONS, Martha Nussbaum, Richard Streier, eds., University of Chicago Press, 2012, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 504
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 23 Jul 2011 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2019
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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The Political Economy of Entrapment

Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology, Vol. 96, p. 107, 2005, U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE05-019, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 05-13
Number of pages: 80 Posted: 10 Apr 2006
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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entrapment, undercover, police

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The Political Economy of Criminal Law and Procedure: The Pessimists' View

CRIMINAL LAW CONVERSATIONS, P.H. Robson, K. Ferzan and S. Garvey, eds., Oxford University Press, 2009, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 243
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 23 Oct 2008
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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New Light on the Trial of Billy Budd

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 684
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 08 Nov 2018
Richard H. McAdams and Jacob Corre
University of Chicago Law School and Independent
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Present Bias and Criminal Law

University of Illinois Law Review, 2011, U of Chicago Law & Economics, Olin Working Paper No. 562
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 23 Jul 2011
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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law, compliance, time discount rate

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Criminogenic Risks of Interrogation

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 786, University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 22-12
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 25 Feb 2022 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2024
Richard H. McAdams and Margareth Etienne
University of Chicago Law School and University of Illinois College of Law
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A Tempting State: The Political Economy of Entrapment

U Illinois Law & Economics Research Paper No. LE05-019, Illinois Public Law Research Paper No. 05-13
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 08 Sep 2005
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Police Violence in The Wire

2018 University of Chicago Legal Forum, Forthcoming, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 853
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 22 Jan 2020
Jonathan S. Masur and Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago - Law School and University of Chicago Law School
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A Third Model of Legal Compliance: Testing for Expressive Effects in a Hawk/Dove Game

IACM 17th Annual Conference Paper No. P-107
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 10 Aug 2004
Richard H. McAdams and Janice Nadler
University of Chicago Law School and Northwestern University - School of Law
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law and social conflict, law and dispute resolution, law and decision making

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Conformity to Inegalitarian Conventions and Norms: The Contribution of Coordination and Esteem

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Mar 2005
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Expressive Adjudication

Number of pages: 83 Posted: 12 Oct 2004
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Close Enough for Government Work? Heien's Less-than-Reasonable Mistake of the Rule of Law

Supreme Court Review, 2016, Forthcoming, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 572
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 19 Mar 2016
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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The Consequences and Constitutionality of Training Police to Blame Victims

University of Illinois College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 24-04, U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 847
Number of pages: 70 Posted: 12 Mar 2024 Last Revised: 12 Nov 2024
Margareth Etienne and Richard H. McAdams
University of Illinois College of Law and University of Chicago Law School
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Interrogation, police, victim-blaming, equal protection

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Riley's Less Obvious Tradeoff: Forgoing Scope-Limited Searches

U of Chicago, Public Law Working Paper No. 537
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 08 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2015
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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The Need for a General Theory of Discrimination: A Comment on Katharine T. Bartlett & Mitu Gulati, Discrimination by Customers

102 Iowa Law Review Online 335 (2017)
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 22 Sep 2017
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School
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Words that Kill? An Economic Model of the Influence of Speech on Behavior (with Particular Reference to Hate Speech)

Posted: 11 Oct 2004
Dhammika Dharmapala and Richard H. McAdams
UC Berkeley School of Law and University of Chicago Law School

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Signaling Discount Rates: Law, Norms, and Economic Methodology

Posted: 22 Jan 2001
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School

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norms, signaling, discount rates, reductionism, gifts, race discrimination, conspicuous consumption

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Conventions and Norms (Philosophical Aspects)

International Encyclopedia of Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2001
Posted: 22 Jan 2001
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School

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convention, norm

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Race and Selective Prosecution: Discovering the Pitfalls of Armstrong

In the Chicago-Kent Law Review, Symposium on Race and Criminal Law, Vol. 73, No. 2, 1998
Posted: 26 Oct 1998
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School

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Experimental Law and Economics

Posted: 06 Jun 1998
Richard H. McAdams
University of Chicago Law School

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