Aristides N. Hatzis

University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science

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Ano Ilisia

Athens, 15771

Greece

http://www.phs.uoa.gr/ahatzis

National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Faculty of Law

Visiting Professor

Athens

Greece

Athens University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics

Visiting Professor

Athens

Greece

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“  I'm currently working on the history of liberal democracy and the idea of the rule of law; on Mill's "harm principle" and the right of self-ownership; on the institutional framework for economic development; on the liberal and democratic character of the Greek War of Independence (1821-1828)  ”

  • University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science

    • Email
    • Tel: +30 210 7275565
    • Fax: +30 210 7275530

  • Athens University of Economics and Business - Department of Economics

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Civil Contract Law and Economic Reasoning: An Unlikely Pair?

THE ARCHITECTURE OF EUROPEAN CODES AND CONTRACT LAW, Stefan Grundmann and Martin Schauer, eds., Kluwer Law International, Private Law in European Context Series, Vol. 8, pp. 159-191, 2006
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 06 Feb 2005
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Economics of Contract Law, Civil Law and Common Law, Comparative law and economics, Efficiency of Common Law Hypothesis, Efficient Breach, Penalty Clauses

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From Nothing to Too Much: Regulatory Reform in Greece

NBER Working Paper No. 13/2007
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 19 Dec 2007 Last Revised: 17 Jun 2013
Aristides N. Hatzis and Sonia Nalpantidou
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science and University of Athens - Department of Philosophy & History of Science
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Regulatory Reform, Better Regulation, Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA), Greece

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'Just the Oven': A Law & Economics Approach to Gestational Surrogacy Contracts

PERSPECTIVES FOR THE UNIFICATION OR HARMONISATION OF FAMILY LAW IN EUROPE, pp. 412-433, Katharina Boele-Woelki, ed., Antwerp: Intersentia, 2003
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 24 Mar 2003 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2009
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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commercial surrogate motherhood, gestational surrogacy contracts, medical ethics, commodification, exploitation, child welfare, assisted reproduction

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Having the Cake and Eating it Too: Efficient Penalty Clauses in Common and Civil Contract Law

International Review of Law & Economics, Vol. 22, No. 4, December 2002
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 14 Sep 2002
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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The Anti-Theoretical Nature of Civil Law Contract Scholarship and the Need for an Economic Theory

Commentaries on Law & Economics, Vol. 2, 2002
Number of pages: 65 Posted: 29 May 2000
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Morality, Social Norms and the Rule of Law as Transaction Cost-Saving Devices: The Case of Ancient Athens

European Journal of Law and Economics, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2012, pp. 621-643
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 19 Jul 2007 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2012
Anastassios Karayiannis and Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Piraeus and University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Ancient Athens, Social Norms, Morality, Social Capital, Transaction Costs, Institutions, Economic Development, Stigma, Reciprocity, Reputation, Moral Education, Property Rights, Enforcement of Contracts, Efficient Legal System

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An Offer You Cannot Negotiate: Some Thoughts on the Economics of Standard Form Consumer Contracts

STANDARD CONTRACT TERMS IN EUROPE: A BASIS FOR AND A CHALLENGE TO EUROPEAN CONTRACT LAW, Hugh Collins, ed., Wolters Kluwer Law & Business, Private Law in European Context Series, Vol. 15, pp. 43-56, 2008
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 01 May 2006 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2009
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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standard form contracts, consumer contracts, unfair terms, unconscionability, European Union directive on unfair terms in consumer contracts, economic analysis of contract law

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An Introduction to Greek Contract Law

Global Jurist Topics, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2001
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 30 May 2001
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Greek law, Contract law, Legal history

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The Negative Externalities of Immorality: The Case of Same-Sex Marriage

Skepsis, Vol. 17, pp. 52-65, 2006
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 20 Jun 2006
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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same-sex marriage, externalities, self-ownership, legal regulation of morality

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Rights and Obligations of Third Parties

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LAW & ECONOMICS, VOL. III: THE REGULATION OF CONTRACTS, Boudewijn Bouckaert and Gerrit De Geest, editors, Edward Elgar, 2000, pp. 200-222
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 27 Apr 2001
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Rational After All: Toward an Improved Theory of Rationality in Economics

Revue de Philosophie Economique, Vol. 12, No. 1, June 2011
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 15 Oct 2010 Last Revised: 02 Jun 2011
Yulie Foka-Kavalieraki and Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens – Department of Philosophy & History of Science and University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Rational Choice Theory, Behavioral Economics, Evolutionary Psychology, Rationality, Cognition, Paternalism

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Judge-Made Contracts: Reconstructing Unconscionable Contracts

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 26 Dec 2006
Aristides N. Hatzis and Eleni Zervogianni
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science and Faculty of International and European Studies, University of Piraeus
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economics of contract law, unconscionability, judicial revision of contracts, modification of contracts, severance of contract clauses, comparative law

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The Short-Lived Influence of the Napoleonic Civil Code in 19th Century Greece

European Journal of Law & Economics, Vol. 14, No. 3, November 2002
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 20 Aug 2002
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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History of Modern Greek Civil Law, Napoleonic Civil Code, Pandektenrecht

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The Foundations of a Market Economy: Contract, Consent, Coercion

European View, Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 29-37, June 2009
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 30 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 15 Jul 2012
Yulie Foka-Kavalieraki and Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens – Department of Philosophy & History of Science and University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Contract, Consent, Coercion, Market economy, Market failures, Rationality, Perfect competition, Uncertainty

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From Soft to Hard Paternalism and Back: The Regulation of Surrogate Motherhood in Greece

Portuguese Economic Journal, Vol. 49, No. 3, pp. 205-220, 2009
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 04 Aug 2009 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2009
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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surrogate motherhood, commodification, legal formalism, legal moralism, legal paternalism, economics of contracts, exploitation, consent, compensation

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The Regulation of Surrogate Motherhood in Greece

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 10 Oct 2010
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Surrogacy, Contracts, Greece, Family Law, Child Welfare, Assisted Reproduction, Compensation

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The Assessment of Compensatory Damages for Medical Error by the Greek Courts: An Economic Analysis

THE GLOBAL ECONOMICS OF A CHANGING ENVIRONMENT, James A. Brox & Nicholas C. Baltas, eds., pp. 239-251, Athenian Policy Forum & North Waterloo Academic Press, 2009
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 09 Nov 2009
Spyros Vliamos and Aristides N. Hatzis
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens - Faculty of the Philosophy and History of Science and University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Compensation, Medical Error, Tort Law & Economics, Greek Law, Wrongful Death, Value of Life

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Rule of Law, Individual Rights and the Free Market in the Liberal Tradition: The Case of Greece

Bridging the Gap: An Arab-European Dialogue on the Basics of Liberalism, Ronald Meinardus, ed. Cairo: Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Liberty, 2014. Pp. 27-43
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 14 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 31 Jan 2014
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Liberalism, Rights, Rule of Law, Free Market, Democratic Principle, Liberal Principle, Liberal Democracy, Harm Principle, Personal Autonomy, Greece, John Stuart Mill, James Madison

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The Illiberal Democracy of Ancient Athens

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 15 Jul 2016
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Democracy, Liberalism, Ancient Athens, Majoritarianism, Popular Sovereignty, Toleration, Rule of Law, Individual Rights, Constitution, Checks and Balances, Liberal Democracy, Benjamin Constant, Aeschines, Aeschylus, Aristophanes, Aristole, Demosthenes, Plato, Thucydides, Socrates, Pericles

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Law and Economics in Greece

Encyclopedia of Law & Economics, Vol. 1, 2000 , THE HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY OF LAW AND ECONOMICS, pp. 228‐239, Boudewijn Bouckaert, Gerrit De Geest, eds., Edward Elgar, 2000
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 24 Feb 2011
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Greek Legal Scholarship, Economic Law, Law and Economics: Teaching and Scholarship, Graduate Studies

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Greece as a Precautionary Tale of the Welfare State

"After the Welfare State", edited by Tom G. Palmer (Washington, DC: Atlas Economic Research Foundation, 2012), pp. 21-30
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 14 Jun 2013 Last Revised: 15 Jun 2013
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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Greece, Greek Crisis, Sovereign Default, Transaction Costs, Overregulation, Pressure Groups, Corruption, Rent-Seeking, Tax Evasion, Welfare State, Populism

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Moral Externalities: An Economic Approach to the Legal Enforcement of Morality

Law and Economics: Philosophical Issues and Fundamental Questions. Edited by Aristides N. Hatzis & Nicholas Mercuro. London/New York: Routledge, 2015. Pp. 226-244
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 12 Sep 2016
Aristides N. Hatzis
University of Athens - Department of History & Philosophy of Science
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legal regulation of morality, harm principle, legal moralism, moral externalities, Coase theorem, self-ownership, law & economics, John Stuart Mill, Amartya Sen, Richard Posner, Guideo Calabresi